Review: Ed Sheeran gets ultimate rebel send-off on second night in Cork

Sheeran said he had high hopes for an energetic response after Thursday’s atmosphere in the Rebel County put Dublin to shame.

“Thanks for spending your Friday night with me,” he told Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Ed Sheeran knows how to set a high standard. After dazzling the Cork crowd on his first night in the ‘Real Capital’ one day earlier, he took to the stage at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Friday night and dressed to impress.

Wearing a long-sleeved black tee with ‘CORK’ emblazoned in multi colours on the front and back, the flame-haired flamethrower burst into song, opening the gig with ‘Tides’ from his fifth album, =, before bursting into a technicolour, pyrotechnical display, much to the delight of fans.