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A rock festival, The Party At The Palace, is staged outside Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Europe, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee celebrations. Artists performing include Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Eric Clapton, Robbie Williams and Ozzy Osbourne. Watching the tv broadcast at home in Framlingham, Sussex, is schoolboy Ed Sheeran, who is so blown away by Eric Clapton's rendition of Layla, that he resolves to become a musician.Full article:
Ed Sheeran : That day I said, 'I want to be a musician. I want to play guitar.’ I got a guitar for Christmas and that was the first song I learned.
(Source : Ed Sheeran on Desert Island Discs, May 2017)
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(Source : Ed Sheeran on Desert Island Discs, May 2017)