‘It’s a loop station’: Ed Sheeran forced to defend Glastonbury set
Ed Sheeran brought his spectacular one-man show to the iconic Glastonbury festval on Sunday night, but it seems not everyone was impressed with his solo set.
The Shape of You singer was forced to defend his performance after many festival-goers accused him of playing along to backing tracks.
Many were confused as to why they could hear the sound of guitars when Ed didn't appear to be playing anything, or why several guitar tracks could be heard at once.
Of course, most Ed Sheeran fans know that he uses a loop station during his stage shows, but those who were not aware of this technique claimed the singer had not given a 'live' performance and instead used pre-recorded backing tracks during his set.
Come on Ed Sheeran, where is the live band? Backing tracks! # live music!
— Carol Johns_TC (@cajjio) June 25, 2017
Why bother with that guitar Ed? There is so much pre-recorded backing music as we can hear when he stops for a sec #EdSheeran "Ed Sheeran" pic.twitter.com/2MpO8hsLjb
— Tony Palmer (@squaremilenews) June 25, 2017
Did Ed Sheeran really "play" Glastonbury last night? Sure he sang (pretty well) over a backing tape but did he "play" anything? Guitar? No.
— Phil Stephenson (@Philstips) June 26, 2017
Am I right to say, Ed Sheeran isn't actually playing that guitar and the sound is in the backing track ??? #Glastonbury #Glastonbury2017
— Swebb (@Stephen32126670) June 25, 2017
Others were quick to jump to Ed's defence, pointing out that the solo performer had actually used a loop station, allowing him to create several layers for each track.
I can't believe that there are still people in the world who think Ed Sheeran uses a backing track.
EVERYTHING IS LIVE. EVERY SOUND IS HIM.— Sami (@LANYDreamer) June 25, 2017
People are really out here thinking Ed Sheeran uses a backing track… HE LITERALLY CREATES THE ENTIRE SONG ON STAGE IT'S A LOOP PEDAL
— Noshin Chowdhury (@noshinxD) June 26, 2017
Mildly amusing the number of people who think Ed Sheeran is using a backing track at Glastonbury – and missing the loop pedal!
— Arunan T (@at_gooner) June 25, 2017
Determined to put the confusion to bed, Ed took to Twitter to defend his performance.
Never thought I'd have to explain it, but everything I do in my live show is live, it's a loop station, not a backing track. Please google x
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) June 26, 2017
So, it seems that not everyone in the crowd was an Ed fan, but hey, isn't that the beauty of Glastonbury?
Feature Image: Grant Pollard/Invision/AP
