Indian cops unplug performance by Ed Sheeran
A live street performance by a British singer was stopped in India’s Bengaluru due to a lack of necessary permissions Read Full Article at RT.com
An impromptu street concert given by the musician in Bengaluru was halted by the authorities who claimed that permission had not been given
A live street performance by British musician Ed Sheeran in the city of Bengaluru in southern India was cut short by the city police on Sunday due to permission not having been granted, local media have reported.
A video of the performance, which has gone viral on social media, shows Sheeran singing and playing his guitar on Church Street, performing his popular song ‘Shape of You’.
According to a police officer quoted by the New Indian Express, law enforcement received a call reporting a disturbance caused by a performance on Church Street, which is a central business district area in Bengaluru. The officer stated that the crowd began to swell rapidly, prompting the police to “intervene and manage the situation” before it escalated further.
Initially, the police officer, who was reportedly unaware of the identity of the singer, requested that Sheeran stop performing, but the requests were ignored.
The cops then unplugged the microphone and musical instruments to bring the performance to an end, according to a video circulated on social media.
Ed Sheeran seems like such an awesome guy
he was street busking in Bangalore and the police came and unplugged him
