{"id":162440,"date":"2025-11-04T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/162440\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:37:08","slug":"ed-sheeran-treats-fans-to-exclusive-gig-in-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/162440\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran treats fans to exclusive gig in Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ed-sheeran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ed-sheeran\/\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> treated some of his biggest fans to a secret performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The gig at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rds\/\">RDS<\/a> was for <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/press-inquiries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/press-inquiries\">Spotify\u2019s<\/a> Billions Club with Sheeran\u2019s top listeners invited to the exclusive event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe reason I wanted to do it in Dublin is [because] this is the place where I decided I wanted to be a singer-songwriter when I was a kid,\u201d he told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIt\u2019s a special place for me with my family, but it\u2019s also a special place for me musically. I feel like this is where it all began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Galway Girl singer performed a number of songs including Shape of you and Parting Glass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">After the gig, the star was pictured having a pint in Dublin\u2019s Hacienda bar which is popular with visiting artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">This is not the first surprise performance from Sheeran in Ireland this year. In August, the singer made an appearance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/08\/05\/surprise-ed-sheeran-appearance-lights-up-fleadh-cheoil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/08\/05\/surprise-ed-sheeran-appearance-lights-up-fleadh-cheoil\/\">at Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c9ireann<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/wexford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/wexford\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wexford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He performed several well-known hits in The Sky and the Ground pub, including Nancy Mulligan, a song inspired by his Wexford-born grandmother Anne Mary Sheeran, and also performed with Irish artists Amble, Biird, Aaron Rowe and Beoga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2025\/09\/12\/ed-sheeran-has-just-released-an-album-why-didnt-he-want-the-irish-times-to-hear-it\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Sheeran has just released an album. Why didn\u2019t he want The Irish Times to hear it?Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Born and raised in England, the 34-year-old, who has a large Irish family, told The Louis Theroux Podcast earlier this year that he identifies culturally as Irish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI class my culture as Irish. I think that\u2019s what I grew up with,\u201d Sheeran said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He will return to the stage in Dublin next month for a sold out gig at the 3Arena on Tuesday, December 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran treated some of his biggest fans to a secret performance in Dublin on Monday night. 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