Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Wednesday August 1, 2012:
Ed Sheeran’s performance at the Enmore Theatre was one of the best concerts I have ever been to, with the acoustics in the old theatre accentuating his magical voice. The 21-year-old opened the night with ‘Give Me Love’, for which the crowd went absolutely wild. He got the audience singing harmonies and made them feel like an important part of the show. Sheeran’s performance quality didn’t falter when he proceeded to play ‘Drunk’, ‘Homeless’ and ‘U.N.I’. He then performed ‘Grade 8’ before covering folk song ‘Wayfaring Stranger’, by Jamie Woon, without a microphone. You could have heard a pin drop in the vast space. Sheeran continued with Nina Simone’s ‘Be My Husband’, catering for the few adults in the audience, followed by ‘This’, and ‘The City’. He then told a touching story about his godparents, the inspiration for his next song ‘Kiss Me’, before finishing with ‘Lego House’ and the promised encore, much to the relief of his screaming fans. His last songs ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’ and Top 10 hit ‘The A Team’ lived up to the same potential as the very first song. With his strong and powerful voice and incredible performance skills, Sheeran has a big future ahead of him.
Reviewer: Stephanie Jenkins
Photographer: Ashlee Kellehear
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