Review: Ed Sheeran at the Capital FM Arena

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Thursday, November 01, 2012
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MUSICIAN Ed Sheeran added a touch of horror when he performed in front of a sellout crowd at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena.

Before the Hallowe'en show, the A Team singer had tweeted menacingly: "Tonight Matthew, I'm gonna be Chucky. Wanna Play?"

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    Ed Sheeran performed to a sell-out crowd at the Capital FM Arena. Picture: Bob Thacker

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    Ed tweeted this picture of the crowd

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    Picture: Bob Thacker

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    Picture: Bob Thacker

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    Another Twitter picture from Ed of the crowd

And fans were delighted when the normally laid back crooner turned up on stage in frightening make-up mimicking the famous murderous puppet from the movie Child's Play.

In what the singer himself dubbed his biggest headline gig to date, Sheeran described the experience in Nottingham as "awesome."

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At one point the crowd watched in transfixed silence as he performed the song Wayfaring Stranger without any musical accompaniment or even a microphone.

There was also a 17-minute version of You Need Me, I Don't Need You complete with rapping and an extended guitar solo.

Sheeran commented afterwards: "Never thought singing acapella without a microphone would work in an arena. I was proved wrong today."

Tweeting pictures of the crowd throughout the performance, he commented: "I'm buzzzziiing."

Meanwhile, ecstatic fans also took to Twitter to share their enthusiasm.

"Best. Night. Of. My. Life," commented @smil3ychl03.

"What a night it was. When you sang without a mic - jaw dropping," said @joeforro.

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