Cian Ducrot shares emotional video as he's announced to support Ed Sheeran on tour
"My name's on an Ed Sheeran poster!"
Last updated 28th Mar 2023
Cian Ducrot, the singer best-known for his songs 'All For You', and 'I'll Be Waiting' has been announced to support Ed Sheeran on his new mini UK and Europe tour.
Sharing the exciting news, Cian posted the tour dates along with an emotional video, and caption explaining what it meant to him to support Ed.
In the video, Cian can be seen sitting in a car when he's shown Ed's tour poster with his name on it. The Irish singer can be heard saying: "That is insane! Oh god! Never did I think the day would happen that I would see that. Holy sh-t! Oh my god! Nuts! Wow!"
When someone asks him what's going on, Cian replies: "I'm going on tour with Ed Sheeran, Ed Sheeran baby! My name's on an Ed Sheeran poster, that's all I need to... that's going straight in my basket and straight on my bedroom wall."
Warning: The video contains strong language
Cian explained in the caption how he would busk on street corners singing Ed's entire catalogue when he was younger and how he has been inspired by the 'Celestial' singer. He wrote: 'I remember picking up my first acoustic guitar when I was about 13 and asking my friend to teach me how to play “small bump”, I remember standing on street corners every weekend and singing Ed’s entire catalogue and looking up to him as a songwriter every day.
'I remember every time I sat down and tried to write a song as good as “gimme love” , I remember being so inspired by a guy in a hoodie playing some real songs that he wrote and thinking one day I wanna do that. Not sure how I ended up here and not sure what it even means as it really all feels like a dream right now. Thank you @teddysphotos for having me join you for this special tour. You have no idea how much it means to me! 🤍 thank you to my amazing fans for supporting me as without you these things would never happen 🫶' (sic)
He went on to explain that due to this exciting news unfortunately he would have to reschedule dates for his Irish tour, but he hoped his fans understood.
'Due to this crazy news I’m sad to have to let you know that the Irish leg of my tour has been rescheduled and all original tickets are still valid for the new dates 🤍,' he explained.
'Thank you for understanding! very excited to see you all soon 🫶🫶'. (sic)
When is Cian Ducrot supporting Ed Sheeran?
Ed announced his mini UK and Europe tour on 1st March, hours after revealing the release date for his sixth album 'Subtract'. The singer said his mini tour would be to support the first song from his new album and these would be his only dates in the UK and Europe this year.
Ed has announced six dates in the UK and Europe, where he will be supported by Cian Ducrot. See the full list of dates below.
March 2023
Manchester, AO Arena - Thu 23rd
London, The O2 Arena - Fri 24th
London, The O2 Arena - Sat 25th
Glasgow, Ovo Hydro - Tue 28th
Dublin, 3Arena - Thu 30th
April 2023
Paris, Accor Arena - Sun 2nd
You can hear songs by both Cian Ducrot and Ed Sheeran and on Northsound 1.
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