Ed Sheeran Reveals The Secret Behind His Best Performances

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran says he's realised something about himself.

He performs best when he's hung over.

So he "made sure" to go out drinking the night before his three sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London last summer.

"I don't know why the best gigs I've ever played have been after real heavy nights," said Sheeran, 24, in a recent interview.

"I think it's just because you walk onstage, you're not complacent, you're not onstage being like, 'Oh, I've done this a million times.' You walk onstage being like, 'You know, I'm 90 per cent the human I should be so I'll make sure I give 115 per cent.'"

Sheeran's performances at Wembley Stadium were filmed for the new concert film Jumpers for Goalposts.

The film, which will have its world premiere at London's Leicester Square today - where Sheeran will also perform - will screen in selected theatres worldwide Friday through Sunday.

"I just find whenever I'm on a British Airlines flight I always watch someone's concert film and it always like, I was never really a fan of Justin Bieber, and then I watched 'Never Say Never' and then it made sense, so I was like, 'Oh, oh. I get it now.'

"So I wanted to make a film that I could put on British Airlines flights and have Chinese businessmen like my music," Sheeran said with a laugh.

He believes a big reason why was able to play Wembley Stadium is his success on Spotify. His song Thinking out Loud has set a Spotify record for reaching 500 million streams. The streaming service says he's second in streams behind Eminem.

Source- NZ Herald