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Ed Sheeran admits two-year homeless stint

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he was homeless for over two years.

The singer-songwriter may be one of Britain's biggest names in music, but in an extract of his new book A Visual Journey published this weekend the singer revealed things weren't always so easy.

The 'x' star said that he was without a home for more than two years before he was famous, with Sheeran at one point sleeping rough outside London's royal home Buckingham Palace.

He wrote: "There was an arch outside Buckingham Palace that has a heating duct and I spent a couple of nights there...I didn't have anywhere to live for much of 2008 and the whole of 2009 and 2010, but somehow I made it work. I knew where I could get a bed at a certain time of night and I knew who I could call at any time to get a floor to sleep on. Being sociable helped. Drinking helped.

"I spent a week catching up on sleep on Circle Line trains. I'd go out and play a gig, wait until 5am when the Underground opened, sleep on the Circle Line until 12, go to a session – and then repeat. It wasn't that bad."

Sheeran released his debut album '+' in 2011.

A Visual Journey is out now in the UK.

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