Why 🦉 CultureCultureCulture picked: Naaman Zhou reports from Ed Sheeran’s most recent concert, where he took the stage alone. “In between songs, he kept talking about how this had been the worst week of his life, in a tone of self-pity,” Zhou writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MylIIS

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  Here is a review of Ed Sheeran performing his latest concert completely alone.

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