Adele takes Songwriter award & Ed Sheeran wins Best Song at Ivor Novello's

After sweeping up at the BRITS & The Grammys, Adele was nominated for four awards at this year's Ivor Novello's, taking away two; Songwriter of The Year and Most Performed Work of 2011 for 'Rolling In The Deep'. Ed Sheeran picked up Best Song Musically & Lyrically for 'The A-Team', beating off competition from 'Rolling In The Deep' & 'Shake It Out' by Florence & The Machine. PJ Harvey won Album of the Year award for 'Let England Shake', which was up against Adele's '21' & '50 Words For Snow By Kate Bush'.

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Beats TV Presents: Ed Sheeran

Whilst in America, Ed Sheeran dropped into the Beats by Dre offices to have a quick interview with them and perform an acoustic version of his lead single in the US 'The A-Team'. Check it out below.

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Ed Sheeran - Small Bump (Official Video)

Uploaded to YouTube moments ago, here are the official visuals for 'Small Bump', which is the fifth single to be lifted from Ed Sheeran's record breaking debut album '+'. A heart wrenching song, and a beautifully directed video - evokes a lot of emotion.

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Ed Sheeran - The A Team (Live on Conan O'Brien)

Whilst in LA on the Snow Patrol tour yesterday, singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran dropped into the Conan O'Brien Show to perform his hit UK single and debut US single 'The A Team'. '+' drops June 12th in America.

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Ryan Ashley - Small Bump (Ed Sheeran Cover)

After a string of covers over the past 12 months, 16 year-old singer/songwriter Ryan Ashley today uploaded his cover of Ed Sheeran's heart-wrenching 'Small Bump', which will be the fifth single to be lifted from Ed's debut album '+'. Having heard some of his solo material, Ryan Ashley is a name that you need to get used to over the next few years - the boy has talent, and then some.

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Ed Sheeran's '+' available to pre-order in US

Ed Sheeran's debut album '+' today went up for pre-order in the USA, with a confirmed release date of June 12th. Ed has had to come home from the US Snow Patrol tour a couple of days earlier than planned, but will be announced a full US & Canada headline tour in June. Pre-order the album HERE.

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Wretch 32 - Hush Little Baby (Feat. Ed Sheeran) (Official Video)

Official visuals for the fifth and final single to be lifted from Wretch 32's critically acclaimed sophmore album 'Black & White'. The Ed-Sheeran featuring track is without doubt the most emotional on the LP, and its great to see that they've not lost any of that emotion through the video. Exceptional song, and a beautiful video - 'Hush Little Baby' EP drops May 27th - pre-order HERE and get tickets for Wretch's May tour HERE.

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Ed Sheeran announces Australia/New Zealand Tour

Ed Sheeran is currently on tour in the USA with Snow Patrol, but last night it was announced that he has been confirmed to play 6 dates across Australia & New Zealand in July/August. Frontier Members will be able to get hold of pre-sale tickets from 12 Noon AEST, Thursday 26 April and general public tickets go on sale 9am Monday April 30th. Dates after the jump.

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Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love (10 Minute Version) (Live in Montreal)

Snow Patrol's tour of North America landed in Canada last night, and here is footage of support act Ed Sheeran performing his 10 minute version of 'Give Me Love'. There are many reasons why this is my favourite song on his album, but the way it goes down live and opens up the show is one of the main ones. Sounds like Canada love him...

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All-female shortlist for Ivor Novello album award

Today it has been announced that Adele, Kate Bush and PJ Harvey will fight it out for best album at next month's Ivor Novello awards. Two of Adele's tracks, 'Rolling in the Deep' and 'Someone Like You', are nominated for most performed work, alongside Take That's 'The Flood'. 'Rolling in the Deep' is also up for best song muscially and lyrically, alongside 'The A-Team' by Ed Sheeran and 'Shake It Out' by Florence & The Machine. The annual awards, to be presented in London on May 17th, celebrate British and Irish songwriting and composing and are voted for by songwriters.

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