Ed Sheeran tearful as he performs new tune at pal Michael Gudinski’s state memorial

Ed Sheeran broke down in tears as he carried out at music legend Michael Gudinski’s state memorial in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday.

The British singer grew to become visibly emotional on the state memorial service, held on the metropolis’s Rod Laver Enviornment, as he performed a tune he had written days earlier than about his child daughter Lyra in addition to the late music govt and co-founder of Mushroom Information, who died in his sleep on 2 March on the age of 68.

Sporting a black swimsuit, white shirt and tie, Sheeran sang three songs, together with Visiting Hours, which he had written whereas in quarantine within the nation, and its theme of a life being ended too quickly introduced him to tears.

Based on the Each day Mail On-line, the Form of You hitmaker informed the viewers earlier than his set: “I by no means get this nervous, I am actually f**king nervous. So apologies if I mess up the lyrics or something. So I am extraordinarily, extraordinarily grateful to be right here. I do know it is a tough factor to get into this nation and I do not take it without any consideration for all of the arduous work getting me right here and I actually, actually simply appreciated the chance to get right here.”

He continued: “In lockdown I used to be in a position to have a guitar for quarantine I at all times discover the easiest way to course of stuff is to put in writing songs, be it excellent news, unhealthy information and here is a tune I completed final week.”

The tune featured the lyrics: “I want that heaven had visiting hours. So I might simply present and produce the information that she’s getting older. And I want that you just’d met her. I want that you just’d met her. The issues that she’d be taught from me I acquired all of them from you. I want that heaven had visiting hours.”

He returned to the stage later to carry out a duet with Kylie Minogue.

The service additionally featured video tributes from Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Elton John, Taylor Swift, and Billy Joel.