Ed Sheeran turns 30 - from homeless busker to millionaire family man
Ed Sheeran turns 30. (Courtesy)
Ed Sheeran is a household name and one of the most recognisable British music stars worldwide. Now as the star turns 30-years-old, just what is the flame-haired singer s story?
Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire on February 17, 1991 as the son of parents who both worked in art galleries. The family moved to Framlingham, Suffolk when Ed was young and his dad continued to work as an art curator and his mother as a culture publicist and jewellery designer, with both also running an art consultancy firm until 2010.
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Feb 17, 2021 5:00 AM Today, Ed Sheeran hits the Big 3-0, and we re wishing him a Perfect birthday. It s taken him just over a decade to go from couch-surfing to ruling the charts as one of the biggest stars in the entire world. Ed started playing guitar at age 11 and writing songs while in middle school; he self-released his first album, Spinning Man , in 2004. From 2008 to 2010, he gigged constantly, relying on the kindness of friends and fans who gave him a place to crash. Ed began to garner attention for a series of EPs and YouTube videos, and signed his record deal in 2011. That September, his debut album
Ed Sheeran birthday: 10 pivotal moments that took him from zero to hero Jochan Embley
Over the course of the last decade or so, Ed Sheeran went from a gigging Suffolk teenager with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal, to someone who’s played in front of the Queen, sold out arenas around the world and, by most measures, become one of the very biggest musicians to ever walk the planet.
So… how exactly did he do it? Here, we’ve picked out 10 pivotal moments from across his career, starting from his very first musical release back in the mid-Noughties, and taking us all the way up to the 2010s. It’s been quite the ride.