Ed Sheeran has guitar fail at Etihad Stadium as ‘battery dies’ on stage-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

Ed Sheeran had some frustrating technical difficulties while performing to a massive crowd in Manchester.

The hitmaker, who recently welcomed a second daughter with wife Cherry Seaborn, was playing to a 60,000-strong crowd on Monday when he ran into a bit of trouble.

In the middle of a song, Ed’s guitar – a fairly important part of the concert – began malfunctioning.

The Shape of You singer, 31, was just a few songs into his set at the Etihad Stadium when his signature instrument gave up.

Ed – well-known for his stripped-back performances, many of which feature just him and his guitar – was forced to stop the concert and ask his crew for a new guitar.

In a video captured by a fan, the musician, who is on a rotating stage, can be seen apologising to fans on stage as he suggests the ‘battery’ on his guitar ran out.

Ed apologised to fans as he was forced to ask his crew for a new guitar (Picture: SWNS)

‘My guitar keeps switching off or something,’ he calls out on the microphone to his crew. ‘Can I get another guitar?’

He adds to the crowd: ‘Sorry guys, I think the battery’s gone.’

The video was captured by fan Sarah Thomason, 44, who was attending the concert.

She explained: ‘His guitar just stopped working. He got a new one and carried on but it took a couple of minutes.

‘We were a couple of songs into it, it was not that long into the concert.’

The musician quickly got things back on track and dazzled audiences at Etihad Stadium (Picture: PA)

The mum, from Gorton, added ‘people were just getting into the mood’ when Ed’s guitar malfunctioned.

A Team singer Ed may have had a wobbly start to his Manchester concert, but he quickly got it back and went on to dazzle the crowd with his massive back catalogue of hits.

The star recently shattered records when he was named the most played artist of 2021 in the UK, also claiming the year’s most-played single with Bad Habits.

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Ed is the first to claim both titles in two different years, having previously done o in 2017 with the release of his album Divide and single Shape Of You.

It is the fourth time in five years that Ed has been the UK’s most played artist, being dethroned only once, in 2020, by Dua Lipa following the release of the iconic Future Nostalgia.

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