Ed Sheeran: “I don't think that anyone wants to see me do the Super Bowl“

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During a recent interview with SiriusXM ahead of a performance in New York, Ed Sheeran told Andy Cohen that he would consider joining someone else’s headlining show but doesn’t see the appeal in being the big-name performer himself. “I don’t think that anyone wants to see me do the Super Bowl either,” he admitted. “I think that would be the only way that I would do it, is if I was joining someone else.”

Sheeran has a few reasons for keeping his interest in a halftime show performance at bay, one being how overtly British he is. “I think it’s an American thing,” he added. “I don’t have pizazz.” During the interview, he pointed to grand performances from Prince, Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and The Weeknd as the standard for these shows.

“All of these amazing performers, I’m just not that. I’m not gonna have dancers on stage. I’m not gonna have fireworks and blah blah,” Sheeran said. “I just can’t, that’s not me.”
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[River 117,594]

[Lucas 27,210]

Tea! He is just not a Superbowl kind of performer

[Red 98,108]

Self-aware kingggg

[RAMROD 109,783]

He knew 

[monstertoronto 10,241]

16 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

During a recent interview with SiriusXM ahead of a performance in New York, Ed Sheeran told Andy Cohen that he would consider joining someone else’s headlining show but doesn’t see the appeal in being the big-name performer himself. “I don’t think that anyone wants to see me do the Super Bowl either,” he admitted. “I think that would be the only way that I would do it, is if I was joining someone else.”

Sheeran has a few reasons for keeping his interest in a halftime show performance at bay, one being how overtly British he is. “I think it’s an American thing,” he added. “I don’t have pizazz.” During the interview, he pointed to grand performances from Prince, Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and The Weeknd as the standard for these shows.

“All of these amazing performers, I’m just not that. I’m not gonna have dancers on stage. I’m not gonna have fireworks and blah blah,” Sheeran said. “I just can’t, that’s not me.”
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He’s very self aware and humble. He writes good songs. I don’t know why he gets so much hate. 

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9 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

He’s very self aware and humble. He writes good songs. I don’t know why he gets so much hate. 

His album won a grammy against 4 far superior female albums. I think that started it.

[Anderson123 38,612]

I like some of his music and think he's a very talented songwriter but he's right. He doesn't really have -it- to do a Superbowl show. They need to give that to P!nk or Queen+Adam Lambert next time.

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4 minutes ago, swakby said:

His album won a grammy against 4 far superior female albums. I think that started it.

But that's not really his fault? 

[TEANUS 15,311]

I think yeah he, Adele, etc. just aren’t fitting for the Super Bowl

[monstertoronto 10,241]

1 hour ago, swakby said:

His album won a grammy against 4 far superior female albums. I think that started it.

It’s really not up to him if he wins an award. Cancel the Grammys, but it’s not fair to blame him for that. 

[Quentin 6,150]

Remember when he said something about Gaga's superbowl and monsters dragged him so much that he left Twitter ?

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16 hours ago, Red said:

But that's not really his fault? 

 

15 hours ago, monstertoronto said:

It’s really not up to him if he wins an award. Cancel the Grammys, but it’s not fair to blame him for that. 

(Correct me if I'm wrong), but he was a bit cocky in interviews after the success of Shape of You. I remember him being shady towards the Grammys for not nominating him in the main categories, and talking about charts & success non-stop during his peak. That's what put people off here, and I kind of agree - now that he's not as successful as he was before, we see his humble side. He's just always been too calculated. 

[Oriane 21,124]

He's right and there's nothing wrong with that. Just like some of the previous Superbowl performers are not capable of writing songs and playing instruments like he does.