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The Ed yatra
Updated On: 17 March, 2024 10:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
Ed Sheeran’s Mumbai concert was as much about Ed as it was about getting to Ed! The singer brought south Mumbai to a standstill ahead of his gig. But it was absolutely worth it all!
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Having taken 55 minutes to navigate a distance that should have taken 10, we prepare ourselves to ‘face the music’ for turning up late to Ed Sheeran’s concert. Three kilometres away from the venue, we take a decision—the traffic has come to a halt for a while, the ETA is set at 43 minutes, and gates close in 30. We’re in the ‘comfy shoes’ that were part of the ‘Ed essentials’ mentioned on the ticket, we’ve skipped our morning run, and know that we could cover the distance on foot in 20. The move is a bit extreme, or so we think, before meeting concert-goers on the way, making the journey like devotees would while turning up to religious sites. How long have you been walking for, I ask a few. “45 minutes,” says one, who abandoned her car at the foot of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to make it in time for her date with Ed. “30,” says another, “25,” say two more. As we get closer, this crowd grows larger. We can’t help but chuckle at the complaints of grumbling parents, and annoyed boyfriends. Welcome to Ed’s concert!
When he did the rounds of London’s pubs as an aspiring artiste looking to break into the music industry, Ed Sheeran, then 18, recalls walking in each time with a song that he supposed would “change my life”. ‘The big break’ that all artistes seek, wouldn’t be elusive, he was certain, after he cracked a number that he was sure would be “the one”. “I stepped in, played the song, and nobody cared,” summarises Ed, 33. But he played it again the next time, and then again, until “some people” paid heed to his work, and then some more. It’s the song that earned him a record deal, and subsequently opened doors for him across the world. Revealing this chapter of his life ahead of his rendition of A-Team—a folk ballad about a commercial sex worker addicted to a ‘class A’ drug, and one that went on to climb the charts in 2011 as the lead single of his debut album—the Brit singer compels us to consume the song we’ve heard umpteen times, with a hint of novelty.
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