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11th Jul 2015

Video: Ed Sheeran covers a classic Irish trad song at Wembley as Croke Park awaits

Elton John gave him some help

Paul Moore

Elton John gave him some help.

Even if you’re not a fan of Ed Sheeran, it takes incredible nerve to play in front of 80,000 people as a solo artist and it seemed that Ed gave his adoring crowd plenty to cheer about at Wembley.

The artist with the biggest selling album of 2014 in Ireland is set to play Croke Park on July 24 and he’s getting in some good preparation with a sold-out three night stint at Wembley.

As well as his own hits, the singer also threw in a few covers for good measure and Irish fans might get a kick out of hearing his cover of ‘The Parting Glass’, a tune made famous by The Clancy Brothers, Ronnie Drew and The Pogues among others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugNZKrONCrE

Ed opened his set with arguably his most famous song ‘Lego House’ but he got some help from a very famous friend as the night went on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMrMaYcHEE

Take a look as Ed performs ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ with Elton John and his own hit ‘Afire Love’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr_wFpuCjWU

Clips via – Martin Cox and Linda Wellington

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