<p>He gave us songs like ‘Thinking Out Loud&rsquo;, ‘Sing&rsquo; and ‘Drunk&rsquo; and now after a year out of the music game, Ed Sheeran will be gracing us with a new tune this Friday. </p><p>Revealing the news we&rsquo;ve all been waiting for, the 25-year-old said a very warm hello to 2017 by posting a video on Twitter in which he is seen waving to fans whilst holding a piece of paper with the words, “New music coming Friday!!” written on it.</p><p>This comes after the star announced in December 2015 that he was ‘taking a break…to travel the world and see everything I missed&rsquo;.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hello 2017... <a href="https://t.co/1UyjpgoFbo">pic.twitter.com/1UyjpgoFbo</a></p>— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) <a href="https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/815505331656806400">January 1, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>He said: “I&rsquo;m taking a break from my phone, emails and all social media for a while, I&rsquo;ve had such an amazing ride over the last 5 years but I find myself seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes so I&rsquo;m taking this opportunity of me not having to be anywhere or do anything to travel the world and see everything I missed.”</p><p>The singer-songwriter, who&rsquo;s had two UK number 1s and 10 UK Top 10s, emerged into the charts with his debut album ‘<em>+</em>&rsquo; in 2011. Three years later in 2014, Sheeran released his second studio album, '<em>×</em>', which sold 180,000 copies in its first week of release. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:53.95550061804697% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/_ONOpUkpDz/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Please read x</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by @teddysphotos on <time datetime="2015-12-13T06:29:49+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Dec 12, 2015 at 10:29pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>The star wrote this year&rsquo;s X Factor winner&rsquo;s single, When Christmas Comes Around, which debuted at number three in the charts.</p><p>Sheeran gave his first official return performance for a charity gig at the Natural History Museum at the end of November.</p><p><em>Love Ed Sheeran? Make sure you stock up on his latest <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/product/artist-cds/cd-x-multiply-by-ed-sheeran/910001425686" target="_blank">album online at Asda</a> or pop into your <a href="http://storelocator.asda.com/#!/" target="_blank">local store</a>. </em></p>

Ed Sheeran to drop new music this week

By ASDA Admin,3rd January 2017

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