Sheeran, who grew up in Framlingham, has put an end to a nine-month campaign to get the singer to Ipswich in Queensland, Australia, after he popped up to sign a wall.
Since Sheeran performed at Portman Road, and played at a pub in Ipswich in Massachusetts in the USA and the Thomas Wolsey in St Peter’s Street, the mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, has been campaigning to get him to the city on the east coast near Brisbane.
This includes a cardboart cut-out of Sheeran popping up in different places across the city, local breweries creating beers named after him such as Ed Beeran, and choirs practicing his songs.
It was a whistle-stop visit from Sheeran, who is currently down under for his Loop tour, with the star signing his name to a mural that had been painted to help entice him to the city.
On a video posted to Instagram, he said: “There’s a new mayor in town” before tagging the mayor.
It showed him signing the wall with the words ‘lots of love Ed’.
This was followed up by a video from the mayor, which said: “The moment I laid eyes on some of the most incredible street art in Ipswich today.
“I was absolutely buzzing with excitement. Thank you Ed Sheeran for coming to Ipswich. It’s been a great day co-mayoring with you today.”
That’s a hat-trick of Ipswich’s ticked off for Sheeran, but according to Geotargit, there are still four more across the world for the former Thomas Mills High School student to visit.
These include two in Jamaica in Portland and Saint Elizabeth, and two more in America in South Dakota and Wisconsin.