“Bloody hell that was mental.” Ed Sheeran’s tweet following his Friday night show this weekend at Croke Park nicely summed up the singer-songwriter’s two-night residency.
Sheeran played two sell-out shows at the Dublin stadium over the weekend and was joined on stage by Kodaline on Friday and Saturday and by Glen Hansard on Saturday.
Some 160,000 saw him play over the two gigs and the Saturday attendees also got to see him perform wingman duties to Kodaline bassist Jason Boland, who (successfully) proposed to his girlfriend onstage.
Thank you to Kodaline and Glen Hansard for joining me on stage today to sing some tunes. And congratulations to Jay, what a way to propose !
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 25, 2015Croke park night #2 ! https://t.co/HyhMaQX1Zh
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 25, 2015this is absolutely magical @edsheeran @Kodaline. I'm in awe pic.twitter.com/o18BL1Pdac
— bridget•2 (@narryloops) July 26, 2015Thank you Ireland
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 24, 2015Well last night was fab - @edsheeran you legend! It's brill how a man, his guitar and a loop station can put on such a show! #EdCrokePark
— Aimee ツ (@LilMissAmsie) July 26, 2015The best seat in the house? Hope you enjoyed the gig #EdSheeran @gardainfo pic.twitter.com/WeKKVI9EN4
— Irish Air Corps (@IrishAirCorps) July 25, 2015Bloody hell that was mental
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 24, 2015Hands down the best concerr I've ever been to ❤ #EdCrokePark @edsheeran @Kodaline @Glen_Hansard pic.twitter.com/H1aYCzRPz7
— Rebecca Cullen (@Rebecca__Cullen) July 26, 2015The #EdCrokePark concert was epic, especially when @edsheeran sang The Auld Triangle with @Kodaline & @Glen_Hansard pic.twitter.com/t74TEf90V5
— Stephen Ryan (@MarketingInCork) July 26, 2015Thanks Ed @edsheeran #CrokePark pic.twitter.com/J6OdHRw4ek
— Dearbhail McDonald (@DearbhailDibs) July 25, 2015He played the part well at Croker, donning an international rules Irish jersey and singing a couple of ballads with Hansard and Kodaline, including The Auld Triangle.
Any concerns that Sheeran's one-man guitar and loop-pedal set up would be too small to fill the stadium were stamped out on Friday, after he left the first 80,000 swooning. Read Aoife Valentine's Friday review here.
By Sunday morning, “Ed Sheeran” and #EdCrokePark were trending on Twitter in Dublin and predictably, the verdict was a good one.
