Ed Sheeran stopped by the Indian police in Bengaluru, from Busking in Bengaluru

The British pop star Ed Sheeran was stopped by Busking in the South Indian city of Bengaluru on Sunday, with the police said that he did not have the necessary permissions.

A video with a local police officer who puts the microphone of Sheeran on the Church Street from Bengaluru – a crowded shopping and entertainment area – has become viral since then.

Officials informed the Ani news agency that a request from the team from Mr. Sheeran was rejected to Busk in order to avoid overload in the region.

But Sheeran insisted on Instagram that “by the way, we had permission to Busk. Therefore we were planned at this point. It was not only we had appeared by chance. Everything was fine. We’ll see you tonight at the show tonight this evening the show. “

The incident occurred before his planned mathematics tour concert on the beautiful site in Bengaluru.

The fans criticized the police intervention online and said: “We live in an uncleocracy. And there is nothing that loves uncle than to prevent young people from having fun” and relate to the number of vague rules that regulate the use of public spaces in India.

PC Mohan, a local member of the ruling BJP party, said, however, “Even global stars have to follow local rules – no approval, no service!”

Sheeran is in a 15-day tour in India for the second time in a row, after playing in Pune Hyderabad and Chennai and was planned for Shillong in northeastern India and in the capital Delhi.

In his Bengaluru show, Sheeran surprised the fans by sang two hit songs in the Telugu language with singer Shilpa Rao on stage.

Previously, last year he worked with the Indian singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh during the last year’s concert in Birmingham.

While he has in India, he also worked with the Sitar musician Megha Rawoot on a version of his HIT song shape.

The demand for live music concerts has increased in India, with Sheeran’s largest tour of the country shortly before Dua Lipa’s most recent performance in Mumbai and Coldplay’s Multi-City tour.

With growing income income, India is an emerging player in the “concert economy”, said a recently of Baroda report report, with the live concerts of $ 700 to 900 million (GBP 550-730 million).