Ed Sheeran Wellington

Wellington NZ General Manager Warrick Dent told Mike Hosking 35 percent of the people coming to the show are from outside of the capital. He says they're coming ...

A high number of cancellations are forecast on the bus network for Wellington City and Porirua bus routes this evening. Fans travelling to Sky Stadium are ...

No other drivers available and so services get cancelled and reliability goes out the door. When 5-6 drivers don’t turn up to their depot, the services that they were due to run get cancelled (5-6 drivers = 40-46 services and that’s only one depot). A high number of cancellations are forecast on the bus network for Wellington City and Porirua bus routes this evening.

Ed Sheeran has offered a message to Aucklanders following the devastating floods and extreme weather ahead of his record-breaking Wellington concert.

A number of planned gigs had to be called off — Elton Jon fans in Auckland travelled home through floods and rain after his show was cancelled last minute. "Talent has more of an opportunity to grow and experiment, so I find that the music in New Zealand is really great and really interesting. Sheeran also took a moment to shout out the New Zealand music scene — which comes from a place of experience as the pop star has worked with a number of Kiwis, including Six60 and Bennee.

One of the world's most famous redheads is back in Aotearoa. Popstar Ed Sheeran is tonight playing Wellington's Sky Stadium in front of a record crowd as ...

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was asked if he was a fan. Eden Park said they looked forward to hosting Sheeran and they were working hard to ensure the stadium was ready to go for his shows next week. Sheeran is due to play there next Friday and Saturday - but the venue is swamped after the Auckland floods. "My favourite professional memory, I think, was getting asked to do the song for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and flying over here, staying here. "You play all the hits with fireworks and stuff like that, but it's nice to have a balance." The singer's love affair with Aotearoa - and more specifically, the capital - was no secret, Sheeran said.

Eden Park in Auckland is still hoping to host Sheeran next Friday, despite flooded grounds.

How can an artist forget his own lyrics and still charm thousands of people? Answer: he's Ed Sheeran.

A young girl in the crowd who said she knew the entire song’s lyrics was invited to come up and sing Galway Girl with Sheeran. The wee lass absolutely smashed it to the delight of the crowd, singing all the lyrics to the song, even the ones that weren’t in the chorus. During the concert there was an elderly couple wearing matching Ed Sheeran t-shirts, who slow-danced together during Perfect. In some ways, Sheeran seems like he would have been perfectly happy if he had never become famous. – managed to save the show with his usual charm and kindness. Before the concert I asked Lily a few questions about Sheeran. Sheeran’s music is classically romantic in a way that brings to mind guys holding boom-boxes over their heads. Kiddo, whoever you are – every media company in the country will be trying to speak with you on Friday. But Sheeran, despite not knowing the lyrics to – Galway Girl? Half the lyrics are in the title: you just repeat with my pretty little Galway Girl until the words lose their meaning! Everyone and their mum knows the lyrics to Galway Girl. And when Sheeran appeared, playing Tides on an acoustic guitar, they cheered even harder.

There's something unusual about Ed Sheeran. Hailing from the working-class streets of Suffolk, he's sold 150 million records, brought stadiums across the ...

His most recent album, =, struggled in comparison to the previous three, managing just two charting hits as opposed to a decent handful. He’s also running out of mathematical symbols. Not to worry. No boos, just laughs. It felt like no matter where you were sitting, it was the same experience. But it didn’t really feel like it.

'Shape of You' singer Ed Sheeran made a desperate late night plea after his Wellington Sky Stadium gig - for chocolate from Whittakers.

Pippa Guerin was 'buzzing' after helping Sheeran sing his hit Galway Girl.

“She’s just loving it. He sort of just said ‘hey, is there anyone in the crowd that can help me out.’ Pippa told her dad when she got up on stage she was “very nervous” but as she starting singing, “it all just went away”. “[Sheeran] said he forgot the lyrics. “Pippa just sort of put her hand up and said ‘yep, I can do it.’ He said ‘do you know all the words to the song?’” Sheeran put his arm around Pippa and kissed her on the head before sending her back to her seat and calling for the crowd to applaud her.

Review - He's one of the most famous music artists on the globe, selling more than 150 million records worldwide, and he seems genuinely chuffed to be ...

He shares the gravity of how much a song can mean to someone, and how much he appreciates that tens of thousands individuals in the crowd have their own stories accompanying his music. People trail off to the toilet, and hype meter lady goes on her phone. He points the crowd to his pedals and demonstrates how it works, showing how he loops in the backing vocals. The crowd initially has the energy of a Wiggles concert. She's in front of 47,999 people, singing the song with Ed strumming beside her. He plays 'I See Fire', his song recorded in Aotearoa for The Hobbit, and discusses why each piece is meaningful to him.