(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for EJAF)Ed Sheeran is everywhere. Divide is dominating the charts, we're hearing loads of Mr Sheeran on iRadio, the countdown is well and truly on to the two Irish shows and he's pretty much everywhere you look - which is great, cause we all love ourselves a bit of Ed Sheeran.
Cast your mind back to 2016 though, he was a difficult man to fins. After the success of the 'X' album and the world tour he posted this message on his social media channels and disappeared for a while..
He went off; found a girlfriend, spent time with his mates, wrote some new track and lost a load of weight.. but autumn 2016 came and went and still no sign of Ed.. We panicked. He said he'd be back.. and he didn't come back. In fact it wasn't until January that he came back into our lives with the first two tracks from 'Divide;' 'Castle Of The Hill' & 'Shape Of You' and thank god he did, life was grim without our favorite red head.
Turns out though it was none other than Elton John that was one of the main factors in Ed deciding to take a break. In an interview with Rolling Stone Elton admitted he pretty much told Ed to f*ck off for a while. He told the publication "Yeah, he was so omnipresent I said, 'Ed, even I'm sick of you. Go away'." Elton also told him that when he was taking his time off he shouldn't put on weight, but Ed didn't listen "He just went to the Far East with his girlfriend, had a great time, put on a lot of weight, ate food and came back."
So there you have it. Elton John is the reason we had to do without our favorite bloke in music and here's the two boyos on stage together - wow.
