Ed Sheeran rode straight to the pub after his cycling accident to drink through the pain.
The ‘Galway Girl’ hitmaker was left with several broken bones after he came off his bike earlier this week, but after his stint in the pub he went home and woke up at 5am in "a lot of pain" and had to go to hospital.
He said: "I broke my wrist, my elbow and my rib. I came off a bike quite fast, a bicycle, a pedal bike.
"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."
Ed wanted to carry on performing despite his injuries, but doctors told him he might never play the guitar again if he "put any more stress on it", so he had to axe shows in Taipei, Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
He added: "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 again so it’s good to be sensible.
"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. 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."
But Ed, whose cycling injury occurred in Suffolk, east Anglia, admitted he isn’t going to get back on his bike for a while.
Speaking on ‘The Jonathan Ross’ show, which airs on Saturday (21.10.17), he added: "I don’t think I’m going to cycle for a while. I’ve got quite a big tour next year."
Ed Sheeran rode to pub after cycling crash
