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Ed Sheeran says he wasn’t invited to King Charles’ coronation

Sheeran sets the record straight.

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It was previously reported that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had declined an invitation to perform at King Charles’ coronation concert.

However, while appearing on SiriusXM’s ‘The Morning Mash Up’, Sheeran stated that those claims were merely rumors and, in actuality, he was never invited.

“I want to clear something up actually because there was loads of stuff in the press that I turned down the coronation, and no one ever asked me ever,” he explained. “I assume if they went online and went, ‘What’s Ed doing on May 6th?’ they would’ve been like, ‘Oh, he’s playing in Dallas.’

“I think that’s what happened, but obviously, [the] press had the negative story of loads of people turning down the coronation. But I never ever turned it down.

“I’m excited to tune [in]. It’s historic.”

Sheeran on tour

From May to September, Sheeran will be touring the United States and Canada, performing songs from his latest album, ‘Subtract’.

“I’m playing some smaller theater shows in North America this summer, so I can play ‘Subtract’ the entire way through with full band in an intimate setting,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram.

Sheeran wins copyright infringement case

Sheeran was recently taken to court for alleged copyright infringement in regards to chord progressions in his 2014 song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ that sound similar to the ones used in Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit ‘Let’s Get It On’..

In the end, the jury decided that ‘Thinking Out Loud’ did not infringe copyright.

Sheeran expressed his joy to reporters waiting outside the courthouse on Thursday.

“I’m obviously very happy with the outcome of the case, and it looks like I’m not having to retire from my day job after all,” he said.

“But at the same time I’m unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all.

“We’ve spent the last eight years talking about two songs with dramatically different lyrics, melodies, and four chords which are also different and used by songwriters every day all over the world.”

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