Learner Dad: Bringing your kids to a concert is one of Middle-Aged Dad's greatest challenges

There is nothing like feeling the noise at a big gig. I want to be there when my daughter gets to experience it for the first time

Ed Sheeran on stage at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night, the final of his three concerts in Cork. Pic: Instagram/teddysphotos

Strange things happen when you have kids -  I’m now an Ed Sheeran fan.

I can almost hear 25-year-old me sneering at myself. Or 45 year old me to be honest - I’ve been a music snob for most of my adult life. Ask me 10 years ago and I would have said that being forced to listen to Ed Sheeran is the kind of thing they’d get up to in Guantanamo Bay.