Ed Sheeran’s homespun ‘Loop Tour’ lights up Seattle’s Lumen Field
Halfway through Ed Sheeran’s Saturday night gig at Lumen Field — a venue he’s starting to know pretty well — the British pop superstar paused for a minute to set up a crowd participation bit. Between a nostalgic dive into “Old Phone” and the hi-fi sentimentality of “Camera,” two singles off last year’s “Play,” Sheeran instructed the crowd of 61,348 to snap photos with the flash on (normally a concert no-no) during the latter’s chorus.
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Halfway through Ed Sheeran’s Saturday night gig at Lumen Field — a venue he’s starting to know pretty well — the British pop superstar paused for a minute to set up a crowd participation bit. Between a nostalgic dive into “Old Phone” and the hi-fi sentimentality of “Camera,” two singles off last year’s “Play,” Sheeran instructed the crowd of 61,348 to snap photos with the flash on (normally a concert no-no) during the latter’s chorus. “It’s not quite Coldplay bracelets,” he joked, referring to the color-changing LED bands his U.K. pop peers famously deploy on tour, while reminiscing on his rise from open mic nights across the pond to American football stadiums.
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- Halfway through Ed Sheeran’s Saturday night gig at Lumen Field — a venue he’s starting to know pretty well — the British pop superstar paused for a minute to set up a crowd participation bit. Between a nostalgic dive into “Old Phone” and the hi-fi sentimentality of “Camera,” two singles off last year’s “Play,” Sheeran instructed the crowd of 61,348 to snap photos with the flash on (normally a concert no-no) during the latter’s chorus.
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