Melancholy Christmas songs are the best Christmas songs and Ed Sheeran sure seems to know it. His new holiday ballad, “Under the Tree,” longs for the one thing that St. Nick can’t bring him: the lover he has lost. Sheeran wrote “Under the Tree” with Johnny McDaid for the upcoming …
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A decade ago, Ed Sheeran joined the British and Irish supergroup Band Aid to cover the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The 2014 iteration of the song — which originally premiered in 1989 and was updated in 2004 — also featured One Direction and Sam Smith, among others. …
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Ed Sheeran came out to Music Business Worldwide‘s Music Business U.K. Awards in London on Tuesday night, giving a speech to a crowd of industry power players to honor WMG’s outgoing record executive Max Lousada, while imploring record labels to champion art and artist development instead of following analytics and …
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Ed Sheeran has emerged victorious once again in his “Thinking Out Loud” copyright case. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Sheeran’s hit did not infringe the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” citing that the songs share only the “fundamental musical …
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The 2024 Global Citizen Festival took place Saturday in New York’s Central Park, and in addition to performances by Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, and Blackpink’s Lisa, the concert featured a surprise acoustic set by Ed Sheeran and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The duo played four songs together, switching between …
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The Los Angeles man convicted of sending his 17-year-old son into a restaurant for an armed robbery that claimed the life of celebrated rapper PnB Rock was sentenced Monday to 31 years to life in prison. Freddie Trone, 42, appeared in a courtroom in Compton, California, to receive his punishment …
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Chris Hemsworth can wield a large hammer, but can he manage drumsticks? As Ed Sheeran fans in Romania found out, the actor could keep a beat as drummed onstage for “Thinking Out Loud” during the singer’s Bucharest concert Saturday. As the duo revealed on social media soon after, Hemsworth’s onstage …
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Taylor Swift fans have been on high alert at Wembley Stadium as the musician begins the final set of shows on the European leg of the Eras tour. The audience faced increased security measures after a terror threat led to the cancellation of three shows in Vienna last week. In …
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The August heat and rain are sweltering and boiling up outside, and Ed Sheeran is thinking about Christmas. The artist announced Wednesday that he’ll provide a new song, “Under the Tree,” for Netflix‘s upcoming animated feature, That Christmas, which is based on the children’s book series by Richard Curtis (screenwriter …
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The man charged with sending his armed 17-year-old son into a Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant to rob celebrated rapper PnB Rock was found guilty of felony murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy at a trial in Compton, Calif., on Wednesday. The jury took less than …
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