Grammy Award winner shows up at tiny pub and stuns crowds with new song

Grammy Award winner shows up at tiny pub and stuns crowds with new song Newspoint | 06/05/2025 01:39:07

A Grammy Award winner surprised fans with a special performance at a tiny UK , thrilling fans in the town over the Bank Holiday weekend. put on an impromptu gig at the Thomas Wolsey pub in Ipswich on Sunday (May 4).

In recognition of the hitmaker's new release, the beloved pub has been unofficially renamed The Old Phone for two weeks, . The Suffolk native serenaded a bustling crowd inside the local pub, and a clip of the performance was shared by Ed Sheeran HQ on . The video was captioned: "Ed brought the Old Phone Pub home. Thank you Ipswich for singing along with us!"

The video has since racked up over 50,000 views and elicited numerous comments from admirers of the four-time winner.

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Fans shared their emotional experiences. One exclaimed: "I cried along to this earlier." Another said: "It's not just a pub anymore - it's a time machine with strings. Thank you for turning small places into big memories, Ed."

A third expressed their appreciation for the communal singing: "Sounds like an amazing night with Ed! I always love those crowd sing-alongs too - they bring such great energy."

Other comments included enthusiastic praises like: "It was so good", "Love this", and: "Love to see so many fans there."

The dancing and smiling faces of the fans were evident in the footage as they joined Sheeran in song and dance.

The 34-year-old musician announced on Friday (May 2) plans for three performances, including at Ipswich Town FC's stadium, an arena close to his heart.

Later that day, he hinted at a visit to the town by sending out a message to fans through his mailing list, as reported by the .

The message read: "From Ipswich, MA to Ipswich, UK... we're bringing The Old Phone pub home this weekend."

Fans were encouraged to respond to the message with a beer emoji for a chance to get invited.

Sheeran released his track Old Phone on Thursday (May 1), which features on his new album of the same name.

He that he wrote the song in India while finishing off the album.

The pop star explained: "It came by accident, because I was jet lagged and woke up at 2am. Everyone else was asleep, so I thought 'might as well write a song' and this was the first idea in my notes."

He shared a reel of him singing Old Phone on a beach shortly after he wrote it.

Sheeran also invited his friends to find their old phone and do a "dump of the old photos," saying that he wanted to see "pure nostalgia."

He will be joined for his Ipswich summer shows by Myles Smith and on Friday, July 11, and Dylan on Saturday, July 12 and finally and Maisie Peters on Sunday, July 13.