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Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Grammy-Winning Singer Bursts Into Tears Performing Beloved Song for First Time in 8 Years
Grammy-Winning Singer Bursts Into Tears Performing Beloved Song for First Time in 8 Years originally appeared on Parade. One of the most successful artists of the past decade is English musician Ed Sheeran. The star has broken records across the world and sold hundreds of millions of albums. Releasing his first album in 2011, Sheeran defined much of the pop sound that came out during the 2010s, with songs like "Shape of You," "Photograph," and "Love Yourself." Sheeran has always been known for some emotional songs, with his more stripped back style connecting with fans who resonate with the lyrics of his songs. One such moment happened at a recent concert, with his tune, "Supermarket Flowers." The song is a heavy one for the artist, having been written about the death of his grandmother from his mother's perspective. The song clearly means a lot to people, which must be why a fan suggested it at a concert, leading to this emotional performance. He was just totally overcome, after having not performed the tune for 8 years. What a moving moment, with everyone sharing the emotions the song brings. This didn't stop at those who were in attendance the concert, as many fans who watched this video shared their emotions with the song in the comments. "I've always been grateful "Supermarket Flowers" isn't on the set list. I used it to make my mum's memorial video for her funeral. She died about a month after it came out." "It's a dream to hear this live. But I'd be an absolute mess…" "This was released the year my mum passed. I've never been able to listen to it without sobbing." The song has touched a lot of people, bringing them together over the shared experience of loss. Music is incredibly good at capturing emotion, and becoming a special thing for so many.🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Grammy-Winning Singer Bursts Into Tears Performing Beloved Song for First Time in 8 Years first appeared on Parade on Jul 1, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
Irish Times
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Theatre for One: Made in Cork review – One actor, one audience member and a life unravelling
Theatre for One: Made in Cork Emmet Place, Cork ★★★★☆ An assistant in a red jumpsuit ushers me into a black container on the plaza in front of Cork Opera House . I step into a tiny space about the size of a toilet cubicle and styled like a peep-show booth: inbuilt seat, red plush walls, stage lights. The door shuts behind me. Then a panel slides open to reveal a woman in tears. She begins to berate me for dumping her. I have been a total cad – that much is clear – and I begin to feel genuinely sorry. This is It's Not You, a short play by Cónal Creedon , performed with striking emotional realism by Áine Ní Laoghaire as part of Theatre for One: Made in Cork. Conceived by the theatremaker Christine Jones, the format is simple but powerful: six five-minute plays, each written for a one-audience-member-at-a-time booth, performed in succession throughout the day (and free to watch: you just join the queue). READ MORE This 2025 edition, presented by Landmark Productions and Octopus Theatricals in association with Cork Midsummer Festival and Cork Opera House, features new work by six writers with strong Cork ties: Creedon, Katie Holly, John McCarthy, Michael John McCarthy, Gina Moxley and Louise O'Neill. Directed by Julie Kelleher and Eoghan Carrick, the experience is confronting – and that's its strength. The extreme proximity of the performer, the unwavering eye contact and the impossibility of leaving demand emotional engagement. These are characters unravelling, opening the mess of their private lives to you; it's theatre as confessional. Theatre for One: Made in Cork – Tommy Harris in Amibition, by Katie Holly. Photograph: Jed Niezgoda Theatre for One: Made in Cork – George Hanover in The Wedding, by Louise O'Neill. Photograph: Jed Niezgoda In Katie Holly's Ambition, a depressed magician (Tommy Harris) fumbles through tricks during a job interview for a corporate party. It's clear how much he needs this gig. Even his rabbit, he suspects, looks at him with contempt, just as his girlfriend did – before she dumped him. In Louise O'Neill 's The Wedding, George Hanover plays a mother in a changing room, navigating layers of guilt and love as she searches for a dress to wear to her daughter's big day. Theatre for One is powerfully transporting; lightning-quick and raw. It leaves an emotional after-image that lingers as you step out of the booth and back into the plaza, back into the real world. Theatre for One: Made in Cork runs daily, except for Monday, June 16th, until Sunday, June 22nd, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival
