From Cheers to Tears: Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi Heartbroken as Ipswich Town Fall to West Ham – Sends 15 Words Message To Town Fans
Ed Sheeran was spotted cheering on his favourite football team Ipswich Town alongside Lewis Capaldi at the Premier League match against West Ham United on Sunday.
The Give Me Love hitmaker, 34, appeared in jovial spirits alongside fellow singer Lewis, 28, in Ipswich, only for his beloved team to bid farewell to the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat.
The beloved English songwriter beamed in the stands, in the early stages of the match, as he sported a black and white long-sleeve shirt and a fuchsia baseball cap.
Ed enjoyed some time off at the football game after making a surprise appearance at Radio 1’s Big Weekend on Saturday, where he performed a new song inspired by his $100 million copyright trial.
The singer wrote the track after revisiting an old phone during the lawsuit over his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud.’
He had been accused of copying Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On but was cleared in court in 2023.
Taking to the stage at the Liverpool-based festival, Ed opened up about the inspiration behind his new song Old Phone before performing it for the first time in front of a crowd.
Referring to his copyright trial, told the crowd: ‘The judge ordered me to give up my old devices to the other lawyers for them to go through all my text messages and emails and photos and stuff like that.
‘And in that process I switched on a phone that I had not looked at in 10 years and it was like looking into the past and it was conversations with people who had passed away.
He continued: ‘There was arguments with an ex-girlfriend, there was, you know, text messages and pictures from people that I haven’t seen or spoken to in, in 10 years, and I wrote this song about it called Old phone.’
Ed’s performance was announced just moments before he surprised the crowd with his unexpected appearance.
He told fans he chose to perform on the New Music Stage because it was the only one he hadn’t sung on yet.
A source at Big Weekend told MailOnline: ‘Ed came on as a surprise guest kicking off the opening act on Saturday lunchtime, I’ve never seen festival goers swarm a stage so quickly.
‘He played a number of his hits and also included some of his new songs which the crowd the loved.
‘Ed explained the meaning behind his one new song where he opened up about his court case and how finding old phone was the inspiration.
‘As he started Azizam he did mess up his famous loop but he started again and told the crowd ‘that’s how you know I’m playing live’.
‘He was on for an hour and nearly ran over time but the crowd didn’t want it to end.’
During his set in Liverpool, Ed also performed fan favourites including Castle on the Hill, Shivers, The A-Team, and Photograph.
He went on to perform his hit Shape of You before closing the epic, surprise show with Bad Habits.
It comes after Ed broke down in tears in March 2023 after a jury found his hit song Thinking Out Loud did not copy Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Let’s Get It On’.
As the jury at Manhattan federal court cleared Ed of infringing copyright, he briefly put his hands over his face in relief before standing and hugging his lawyer.
His co-writer Amy Wadge said she and Ed ‘had a few tears’ of relief after winning the $100million case.
Speaking outside the court, he said: ‘I’m just a guy with a guitar who loves writing music for people to enjoy. I am not and will not allow myself to be a piggy bank.’
Ed vehemently denied allegations that his song stole fundamental musical elements from Marvin’s song.
The singer had staked his whole career on the case, vowing that he would be ‘done’ with music if found guilty.
