Ed Sheeran filming tell-all documentary as he confirms tour will last until 2026
ED SHEERAN is welcoming in cameras to lift the lid on his superstar lifestyle.
The seven-time Brit Award winner has revealed he is working on a major new documentary project which will explore all aspects of his life as he continues on his sell out Mathematics Tour.
But I hope it’ll be out before his string of shows end, as the tour, which kicked off in Dublin in April, won’t end until 2026.
Ed explained: “We are shooting a documentary at the minute about my life and there was a big conversation about what we include.
"As it is honest . . . there is no point in putting something in if there is something detrimental to my life.
“It is a very fine line, it is why I live in Suffolk and not in LA. My life as a celebrity is turned on when I am in New York, but at home I am a friend, a dad, a husband, a son. You can’t bring celebrity baggage to home.”
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On the subject of his tour, and forthcoming album Subtract, due out early next year, the Shape Of You singer continued: “I am in the most creative part of my life.
"The pressure of every album having to be this gargantuan pop machine is off.
"I feel I have had five of them now and now is the time to explore doing stuff and taking risks.
“I am going to be on a stadium tour for years, so even if put out an album and it bombs, I’m still playing to 90,000 people a night.
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“I don’t feel the pressure of it. We will finish in 2026.”
Ed became a dad for a second time in May and takes his daughters and wife Cherry everywhere with him.
He told US radio: “They come with me, I have been on tour for the entire year.
"We have been renting houses, so we lived in Dublin for a week, Limerick for a week, Frankfurt for a week. It is fun.”
Sam's on top
SAM SMITH has spent the past four weeks at No1 and it sounds like there are more upbeat bangers on the way.
The former balladeer turned to a raunchier side for current hit Unholy and has now channelled heart-break into another dance tune.
The four-time Grammy winner premiered the song, Lose You, at the second of two sold out shows at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday.
In the opening verse, Sam sings: “You say you’re packing your bags, this isn’t what I thought for ever would be. You’re walking out so casually, how could you give up on us like that?
“You say you’re feeling the pressure and you’d be better with me out of your life, but baby that ain’t happening tonight.
“Want you to know that I’m willing to make this right.”
Album Swift rise to No1
IN the biggest chart battle of the year so far, Taylor Swift is absolutely blowing Arctic Monkeys out of the water.
I can reveal her tenth album, Midnights, which only became available to buy two days ago, is already 2022’s fastest-selling album.
Released on Friday, by midnight on Saturday 131,057 copies had been snapped up here, while Arctic Monkeys’ The Car had shifted 102,494.
The astronomical numbers in such a short time are impressive given the previous fastest-selling album of 2022 was Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, which saw 113,000 copies bought over seven days in May.
It is Taylor’s highest first-week sales in the UK and means Midnights is already certified gold.
And it looks like she will do the double, as she occupies the top three spots in the singles chart.
Album lead single Anti-Hero is at No1, followed by Lavender Haze at No2 and Snow On The Beach, featuring Lana Del Rey, at No3.
All 13 album tracks occupy the top 13 spots of the most listened-to songs on Spotify globally in the past 24 hours.
Across the pond, things are looking even bigger for Taylor.
She has sold 800,000 copies of Midnights in the US, the biggest sales week for an album there since her 2017 record Reputation.
There’s no stopping her.
Una Healy and Ben Earle from The Shires joined rising US talent Breland on stage for his first UK headline show.
The Saturdays singer duetted with the country singer during his gig at The Garage in London on Friday.
Breland has been tipped for a Best New Artist nomination at next year’s Grammy Awards.
Beyonce looking glovely
BEYONCE showed off her star power in this striking dress as she confirmed she will head out on tour next summer.
The Cuff It singer was joined by husband Jay-Z at the Wearable Art Gala, thrown by her mum Tina Knowles, in Los Angeles, where she wore her monochrome dress and bright pink opera gloves.
She is bound to have even more extravagant costumes next summer, when she says her Renaissance tour will kick off.
Rumours of live gigs have been circling for weeks, and they were confirmed at Saturday’s event, when tickets for a show of the bidder’s choice went under the hammer as part of a charity auction.
Beyonce hasn’t been on a solo tour since 2017, so fans will be raring to snap up tickets.
SHE was supposed to be the squeaky clean Spice Girl, with her hair in bunches and Baby nickname.
But Emma Bunton has admitted she was among the wildest out of Mel B, Geri Horner, Mel C and Victoria Beckham in their Nineties heyday.
On the Back Then When podcast, Emma admitted to being ill in a car one night.
She said: “I threw up out the window and it flew back into Mel B’s mouth. She was not very happy with me.”
She added: “But we used to have brilliant times. Out until so late, sleeping a few hours then back on stage.”
During the interview with Keith Lemon and Lucie Cave, Emma also said she would never have taken her place in the band if she had been successful in auditions for EastEnders.
Asked who she tried out for, Emma replied: “Bianca and Sam Mitchell.
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“Had I got EastEnders I wouldn’t have gone off to meet the Spice Girls.
“I’d have thought, ‘I’ve made it, I’m in EastEnders’.”