THE‘apparently improvised performance like that of any street artist. When he was interrupted by the police, and Sheeran was singing Shape of You on the sidewalk of Bengaluru, in the south of the country. Then, a matter of moments: the agents reached him and one of them detached the plug of the microphone, forcing it to stop the performance.
The interruption of Ed Sheeran’s concert: a question of missed permissions
While the video of the 34 -year -old artist went around the world, becoming viralthe Indian authorities justified the decision to stop the singer by saying that he did not have the permits to do what he was doing. His presence, a few hours after the concert to Nice Grounds (Tour stage Mathematics who is keeping it in India for 15 days), it would have created traffic and public order problems: That area is one of the most lively in the city. For his part, Sheeran denied the version of the local authorities. His intention was to stage one Small surprise for fanswho arrived on the spot to attend his “official” performance, expected the same evening.
The star’s message on Instagram
“We had the permit To perform on the street – he wrote in fact In one of the stories on his Instagram profile – So playing in that place had been planned previously, We did not present ourselves at random». To avoid further controversies, with the risk of fomenting the numerous fans, Sheeran then concluded with a peaceful “all right, however. See you at the show tonight».
Despite the heavy day, the concert was a success. Sheeran left the audience openly, performing Two songs in Teluguone of the official languages of the territory, flanked by the Indian singer Shilpa Rao. It was not an easy start to the British singer, but perhaps also His past as a street artist He helped him not to curb the difficulties.
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