British popstar, Ed Sheeran was stopped by police located in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Sunday during a street performance, due to him not having the necessary permissions to start one.
Shown in a majority of videos circulating revolving the internet in regards to this, Ed Sheeran had been dressed in a white T-shirt and green shorts as he played guitar and sang one of his hit singles, ‘ Shape of You ‘ on a sidewalk.
Later in the video, a police officer came up to see where Ed Sheeran was performing and unplugged his microphone.
According to a segment in an NBC NEWS article, Officials had allegiantly told the ANI, Asian News International, news agency a request from Sheeran’s team about him trying to busk on the road, but it was ultimately rejected in order to avoid congestion in the surrounding area. ( , Feb, 10, 25 ). The area where the performance was taken place at in question was Bengaluru’s Church Street, a shopping and entertainment area within the area.
Continuing from the information given by the article mentioned previously, Sheeran ended up apparently posting something on Instagram, along the lines of ” We had permission to busk, by the way. Hence, us playing in that exact spot was planned out before. It wasn’t just us randomly turning up. All good though. See you at the show tonight. ” ( Jagiashvilli , Feb, 10, 25 ).
Mentioned in a USA TODAY article, Deputy Commission of Police, Shekar T. Tekkannanavar spoke, saying that he previously refused permission for the busking performance. ( Cross , Feb, 10, 25 ).
” A member among the event organizers came to meet me to seek permission for the street-side performance at Church Street, ” Tekkannanavar mentioned to India news outlet ANI , located in the same USA TODAY article written about in the line above, “ I refused to give permission because Church Street gets very crowded. That is the reason he was asked the vacate the place. ” ( Cross , Feb, 10, 25 ).
