A yoga group was excited when Ed Sheeran dropped in and attempted a pose or two on Brighton beach today – but are now not sure that all it was it seemed.
Someone who looked a lot like the pop superstar decided to join in with a Yoga on the Beach session, to the surprise of organisers Brighton Yoga Foundation.
He was also spotted on top of the i360 – which earlier today said on its website was closed for “maintenance” – and doing an interview next to it.
But it’s now possible that their mystery guest was actually a lookalike.
The foundation’s co-founder Davy Jones said: “Brighton Yoga Foundation runs an annual Yoga on the Beach event near the i360. This year a rather special guest joined us – Ed Sheeran, or so we thought.
“We are running classes all day so pop down and join us – who knows might be in your class?”
The man in question was wearing one of Sheeran’s trademark lumberjack shirts, but also a t-shirt which looked very much like one professional lookalike Ty Jones wore in a video he posted to Instagram last month.
And the real Sheeran was playing a gig in New York last night, and due to play another in Boston tomorrow night, which makes a flying visit down to the south coast unlikely.
Earlier this month, the real Ed Sheeran popped into Fairlight Primary School to meet students in a visit organised by schools music organisation Create Music.
The i360 has been approached for comment.
“Ed Sheeran didn’t visit Brighton today” is hardly the headline of the century is it. Slow news day?
Well I’ve been off sick most of the week, and still wiped out and in a bit of pain today, so yeah, probably not my best effort, but isn’t it great that some random bloke on the Internet is on hand to tell me so
Well that’s a lie as he’s performing in new York. Plus that’s not him in the pictures. 🤔
This isn’t news 🤦
This is pathetic news !!!!!! You should be embarrassed