{"id":119163,"date":"2025-01-27T15:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/27\/ed-sheeran-dines-with-a-king-makes-history-with-concert-in-the-south-asian-country-of-bhutan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:01:26","slug":"ed-sheeran-dines-with-a-king-makes-history-with-concert-in-the-south-asian-country-of-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/27\/ed-sheeran-dines-with-a-king-makes-history-with-concert-in-the-south-asian-country-of-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran dines with a king, makes history with concert in the South Asian country of Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-27\/M_EdsheeransmilingGMA_081423.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC\/Paula Lobo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><strong>Ed Sheeran\u00a0<\/strong>made history on Jan. 24 when he became the first international artist to perform in the South Asian nation of Bhutan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;What a gig, what a country, what a beautiful place with incredible people,&#8221; Ed wrote <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFQNuEFCMiS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFQNuEFCMiS\/\">on Instagram on Saturday<\/a>, celebrating the accomplishment\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He went on to thank the country, writing &#8220;lemme know if i can move there, please and thank you. and also thank you so much for welcoming me and my touring crew, and for every volunteer who helped put on such a historic show. hopefully see you again soon !&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a video attached to the post, Ed is seen performing at a stadium in the country. He also described a meal he shared with Bhutan&#8217;s royalty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I went for dinner with the king and queen yesterday,&#8221; Ed says in the video. &#8220;They said, &#8216;We just want people coming to the country that want to love and respect the country and understand the ideals.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFRlWBdtksS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFRlWBdtksS\/\">Bhutan&#8217;s Department of Tourism<\/a>\u00a0also celebrated the event on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;On January 24th, Ed Sheeran made history as the first-ever international artist to perform in Bhutan. Two days later, we&#8217;re still feeling the energy of that unforgettable night. Thank you, @teddysphotos, for an incredible performance and for sharing your love for the Land of the Thunder Dragon,&#8221; read the post on the department&#8217;s Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ed&#8217;s Bhutan concert was part of a group of shows on his +\u2013=\u00f7x (Mathematics) Tour; he&#8217;d previously announced that 2025\u00a0<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/ed-sheeran-announces-end-mathematics-tour-2025-111714433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/ed-sheeran-announces-end-mathematics-tour-2025-111714433\">will mark the end<\/a>\u00a0of the tour, which kicked off in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC\/Paula Lobo Ed Sheeran\u00a0made history on Jan. 24 when he became the first international artist to perform in the South Asian nation of Bhutan. &#8220;What a gig, what a country, what a beautiful place with incredible people,&#8221; Ed wrote on Instagram on Saturday, celebrating the accomplishment\u00a0\u00a0 He went on to<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/27\/ed-sheeran-dines-with-a-king-makes-history-with-concert-in-the-south-asian-country-of-bhutan\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}