Concerts featured Merriweather Post Pavilion

Ed Sheeran @Merriweather

Posted on September 10, 2014
Ed Sheeran Performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

This was my first time seeing Ed Sheeran and I have to say I was impressed. His show is very no-frills. Just him and his guitar out on stage in front of thousands of people. And he pulls it off admirably.

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

SHOOTING NOTES: Ed has a pretty spartan stage set up.Just two mics and three or four monitors/boxes for him to stand on to make himself bigger for the crowd. He only climbed up there once during the first three, so be ready for that shot. If you position yourself in the middle of the stage, there’s a nice wide shot available between the two center monitors. Lights were good. My only complaint was he sings with his eyes closed a lot, so getting shots with his eyes open was a challenge. He stayed behind the mic for the first two but moved around a bit during the third song.

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - September 6th, 2014 - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Sheeran's second solo album, x, was released in June and reached at number one in the UK and US. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

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Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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