“We had like a 12-hour chat, and it was such a nice full circle moment. And now we email all the time and catch up and we shared songs. He said: “And it is weird saying it was like hanging out with an old friend like we got on instantly. The Shape of You hitmaker said the pair instantly clicked, and have become good friends since.Įd Sheeran spoke on The Late Show with Ryan Tubridy (Image: Michelle Daly and The Late Late Show) “So I got to the country that he was living in, that his sister said that he was living in, and yeah, I just sort of knocked on his door and we went for a long walk and a big catch-up.”
"And I was like ‘if Van Morrison said that he liked me’ and Eminem did the same and Eric Clapton and all these people and then I am like ‘I wonder does he like me?’ Van Morrison is sort of an elusive person and he said he liked me.
“And I sort of got to know his sister a bit here and I never knew whether he liked me because he is a every elusive person and I’d sort of gone through life. “It had been such a long time since I have been obviously young and seen him at Whelans. He added "I ended up properly meeting him the other day – the other day was probably four years ago – but mate, the pandemic. He said: “I can guarantee you I was singing a Damien Rice song. Įd made the admission during an interview with RTE’s Ryan Tubridy, which will air in this week’s The Late Late Show, as he looked at old photographs of himself. So during a recent trip to Ireland, he revealed that he took it upon himself to meet his idol with an impromptu visit to his house - and the rest is history.įor all the latest news straight to your inbox, sign up for our FREE newsletters here. The superstar said he wouldn’t have become a singer-songwriter if he hadn’t watched the Cannonball hitmaker playing in Dublin’s iconic Whelans pub when he was younger. Ed Sheeran said meeting Irish singer Damien Rice was a full-circle moment after years of idolizing him and singing his songs when he was starting out busking on the streets in Ireland.
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