Ed Sheeran, I worship at your feet. This was one of the most incredible concerts I've ever been to, and to be honest, I don't think I expected anything less.
While our seats weren't extremely close up, we had the most fantastic view of the stage, and the rest of the arena, and the two screens on the side made it easy to see every detail of the stage we couldn't from our seats.
The support acts, Gabrielle Aplin and Passenger, were both great and really adorable, but it was painful to watch them have to ask the crowd to move back, because people were getting hurt. It's always disappointing when people can't act like well-behaved and well-brought up human beings, especially when someone performing has to stop in the middle of her song to tell people, humbly and apologetically like it's her fault people are being idiots, to please, step back, if that's okay. Thankfully, the issue was sorted before Ed came on stage, because I definitely wouldn't have wanted him to see such awfulness from Sydney.
Anyway, once Ed stepped on stage, the magic began. From the start, he seemed so excited and happy to be there, and so thankful that 12,000 people in a country on the opposite side of the world to his own came to see little 22 year old him live. Unlike other concerts I've been to, he had only a simple screen behind him (looked like it was inspired by his love for Lego), no sets, no gimmicks, no nothing - he didn't need them. Being in Australia, he couldn't help himself from throwing in a little bit of an Aussie accent, even keeping a little stuffed koala on stage with him and on his guitar at one point, named Nathan after the character from Angry Boys.
He opened with Give Me Love, which had everyone singing and swaying along immediately, and wow. One of my favourite things of all time is when crowds sing along at concerts, because you know everybody is there because of their dedication to this music, and it's always a beautiful moment.
There were some songs that Ed requested the audience be silent for, and of course, there's always some idiot who can't follow instructions and screams, but, otherwise, these moments were extremely moving and incredibly beautiful.
There were other songs where he set up the loop track before singing, which is just amazing to watch because of how talented he really is. He said, during the show, "I thought when I started playing to this many people I might get a band, but I guess it's just me," and I hope he never gets a band, because he really doesn't need one.
There were other songs where he combined the two, the audience silence and the creation of the backing track, which was literally one of the greatest and most magical things I have ever seen.
Sometimes he asked us to sing along, dividing the arena into two sides performing harmonies and back and forth calls, and sometimes you just had to sit back and take in how brilliant he is.
Such as during You Need Me, I Don't Need You where he broke up the original lyrical rap of the song with a mash up of other raps, including a little bit of Thrift Shop, which set the crowd wild, of course, letting the entire thing rack up to an impressive fifteen minutes. You just had to sit there in awe of the absolute genius in front of you.
Of course, he closed with The A Team, which once again had everyone singing along, their phone lights held in the air by request of the man himself. Simply breathtaking.
I will finish with this: if you ever get the opportunity to see actual Jesus Ed Sheeran live, GO. FUCKING GO. It will be absolutely phenomenal. If you don't know who I've been talking about this whole time, I appreciate you sticking with me - but have a look here:
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