Yahoo News What Ed Sheeran did after breaking his arms is amazing
Breaking both of your arms in a cycling accident would put most people down for the count. But not Ed Sheeran!
The 'Shape of You' singer was in bad shape earlier this week when he was briefly hospitalised following a mishap on the streets of London, and later had to cancel several tour dates.
Luckily, Ed bounced back quickly enough to make his scheduled appearance at the Q Awards on Wednesday night (October 18) and tape an interview for The Jonathan Ross Show, to air this weekend.
Asked for some play-by-play of the injury by Jonathan, Ed explained: "I broke my wrist, my elbow [on the other arm] and my rib. I came off a bike quite fast, a bicycle, a pedal bike. I was in Suffolk [going down a really steep hill].
"The thing is, when it happened, I got up and was like, 'That hurt' and then cycled to the pub. Went home, went to sleep and then woke up at five o'clock in the morning in a lot of pain. And then went to the hospital."
"I was with a few people," he remembered. "They didn't even see the fall, they were really far in front of me. It wasn't my bike and it was brand new brakes. I was borrowing the bike."
While Ed is already on the road to recovery, breaking two arms has made it virtually impossible for him to continue his '÷ Tour' for the time being.
"I do a one-man show so me not having my arms is half of the show, so I've had to postpone a couple of shows which sucks," he said. "It's actually the first time I've ever cancelled shows… Sometimes a show has been cancelled because a promoter has done something but it's the first time that I've ever actually cancelled a show.
"I did try to be like 'I will.' I tried to say I'll carry on doing the shows but they said if I put any more stress on it, I might not be able to play [guitar] again so it's good to be sensible… They are saying four weeks and then we'll look at it."
Ed also acknowledged making the massive mistake of not wearing a helmet or pads while cycling, which only made the injury worse.
"There have been so many times when I've been in situations where I've been like 'I'm going to break a bone here' and I never have," he admitted. "Just before this, I shot a music video where I skied in the music video and I'm not a very good skier, I've only skied a couple of times.
"I was like, 'Sod's law, I'll probably break my arm' and then I didn't. And then got home and then a day later did so it was probably bound to happen at some point… I'm quite a clumsy guy anyway… It's come more since I've found success because I think I'm a bit more [shrugs his shoulders].
"I remember before a show in 2013 I had to have 12 stitches in my hand because I was playing drums with two beer bottles at about four o'clock in the morning and smashed my hand. But I did a show after that and, it wasn't fine, but I did a show. Then I put my foot in a boiling geyser in Iceland, I had my face cut open, I'm a very clumsy person."
(Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Example at the 2017 Q Awards)
Try to take it easy for the next few weeks, Ed! If all goes to plan, the musician aims to be back on the road for his scheduled gig at the Mall Of Asia Concert Grounds in Manila on November 7.
Ed joins Gordon Ramsay and Rita Ora on The Jonathan Ross Show, airing on Saturday (October 21) at 10.20pm on ITV.
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