{"id":119451,"date":"2025-03-17T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/03\/17\/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-song-during-surprise-new-orleans-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:01:53","slug":"ed-sheeran-debuts-new-song-during-surprise-new-orleans-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/03\/17\/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-song-during-surprise-new-orleans-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran debuts new song during surprise New Orleans performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-03-17\/M_EdSheeranonGMA_072423.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC\/Paula Lobo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong> delivered a surprise performance on the streets of New Orleans over the weekend, treating fans to a brand-new song.<\/p>\n<p>He performed in the city\u2019s French Quarter Saturday backed by<strong> The Soul Rebels<\/strong> brass band and debuted the unreleased track \u201cAzizam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a new song coming in a couple weeks that no one\u2019s heard,\u201d he told the crowd of the song, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/entertainment_life\/keith_spera\/ed-sheeran-debuts-azizam-new-orleans-parade\/article_9b36e212-01c3-11f0-9276-4facb6db7e8e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nola.com<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThis will be the first time it\u2019s ever been played live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ed later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHO1D63yra9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>posted a video<\/strong><\/a> of the performance on Instagram. \u201cPlaying some new music today on the streets of New Orleans with @thesoulrebels thanks to everyone who turned up!\u201d he captioned it.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few hours later, on Saturday evening,\u00a0Ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHTUIKPAtgM\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>surprised fans<\/strong><\/a> for an impromptu performance at Tootsie\u2019s in Nashville. He performed a mix of his hits, as well as a cover of <strong>Britney Spears<\/strong>\u2019 \u201c&#8230;Baby One More Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re not at Tootsie&#8217;s Orchid Lounge right now\u2026 you should be! Ed Sheeran casually singing on the bar,&#8221; the bar posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tootsiesvip\/reel\/DHPTsWLysl4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>social media<\/strong><\/a>, along with video of Ed singing in a pink cowboy hat.<\/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 delivered a surprise performance on the streets of New Orleans over the weekend, treating fans to a brand-new song. He performed in the city\u2019s French Quarter Saturday backed by The Soul Rebels brass band and debuted the unreleased track \u201cAzizam.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve got a new song coming<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/03\/17\/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-song-during-surprise-new-orleans-performance\/\">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\/119451"}],"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=119451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}