Ed Sheeran review: Fireworks and happy fans for fantastic first night in Cork 

The first of two appearances at Páirc Uí Chaoimh saw Ed Sheeran in sparkling form, part of a Mathematics tour that already looks like eclipsing his previous shows 
Ed Sheeran review: Fireworks and happy fans for fantastic first night in Cork 

Ed Sheeran on stage at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork on Thursday night. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Where do you go for a measuring stick when the best gets better? Ed Sheeran’s show at Páirc Ui Chaoimh on Thursday night left his barnstorming 2018 tour in the ha’penny place.

“Some of you may know my story,” Sheeran told his Cork fans. “When I started out, I couldn’t get a record company to sign me, so I wrote songs for other people instead. The first ‘cut’ that I was a song for Olly Murs [‘Love Shine Down’].

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