Secret Ed Sheeran Gig.....at the Green Note

So last night I headed down to a top secret gig in Camden at which singer, songwritter Ed Sheeran was headlining. The buzz around the show on Twitter was mad with Ed tweeting a load of clues and then straight after me tweeting that I was going even I was bombarded with pleads to reveal the location. Anyway I didn't tell and I rolled up to a tiny restaurant/bar called the Green Note in Camden Town, it was a really humbling feeling to know that Ed is still cool to play in small venues like that as the night before he was smashing the Islington o2 helping out his pal Devlin. He had support from Soul singer Louise Golbey, who was really good doing a cover of Katie Perry's 'Firework' & some other bloke who's songs all sounded exactly the same, I was relieved when he said 'this is the last one from me'. Anyway up stepped Ed who performed a barrel of new material some of which he had never even tried out in public before as well as some of the Sheeran classics we love such as 'A-Team' & 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You'. The tune of the night for me though was one he said he'd written about his girlfriend when he was drunk, sounds like it would be terrible, but it was actually really good, promise. The tune is called 'Wake Me Up' and in his words 'this track is about my girlfriend and all the stupid things about her', do you think that's why he's still sleeping on a sofa? Who knows but what I do know is when he broke it down into his own rendition of Gyptian's 'Hold Yuh' the crowd reaction was crazy. If you get the chance to see Ed Sheeran play live you have to do it before this kid is selling out the o2 Arena and you have to watch through binoculars....just sayin!

Devlin at the O2 Academy, Islington Gig Review

So, last night we rocked up to the O2 Academy in Islington, North London to see the second gig of Devlin's 2011 Bud, Sweat and Beers tour.
Among the line up of various support acts were cameos from artists such as Ghetts, Griminal and new signing to Atlantic records, Ed Sheeran.

When we initially got there, it became apparent that we were pretty much the oldest people there (at our grand ages of 23 and 24)... bar a few parents who had obviously tagged along with their young'uns to make sure they didn't get into trouble.

That didn't bother us though; the warm up performances from Ghetts, Griminal and Ed Sheeran blew the roof off the place, although there were times when said artists had to ask the sound engineer to turn up the mic volumes. The biggest performance during the warm up had to be that of Ed Sheeran's, who managed to get the crowd chanting his name in a football match style... Pretty impressive considering he was only one of the support acts!

Then Devlin came to the stage. Kids were screaming and throwing blown up condoms off the mezzanine floor (don't think we used to do that in my day) and declaring their undying love for him. I don't think I've seen anything like it since Take That. Seriously. He went on to perform several of his tracks, including 'Let It Go,' 'London City,' and 'Runaway.’ Throughout the show he also made use of his support acts, performing 'Lately' alongside Ed Sheeran and 'Finally' with Ghetts.

Overall, a really impressive show with live band and great supporting artists throughout which kept the show interesting all the way to the end. Still annoyed I could only see it on the screen or through people’s legs but still well worth going!

The show has now been extended with extra dates in May, all of which are available on Devlin's website or on our blog from last month which featured the tour dates. Check the video below for Devlin's closing track of the night, 'Runaway' featuring Yasmin.