The organiser of this year's Fusion Festival says he was close to crying after Ed Sheeran agreed to step in at the last minute to replace Justin Bieber.

The Canadian had been scheduled to headline the Birmingham event's Friday night (August 28).

However, he recently pulled out of the Cofton Park shindig.

On Thursday (August 6) British star Sheeran was confirmed to take the place of Bieber.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, festival boss Mike Owen said that he was left emotional after the 'x' man agreed to fill the gap.

He said: "I've been in this business a long time and it nearly brought me to tears. It was just a moment of sheer excitement.

"The most-streamed artist in the world last year and he's going to come and do Fusion in Birmingham.

"There was a lot of concerns, a lot of phone calls but Ed Sheeran himself kind of came forward out of a little group of conversations with people and said, 'I'll do it.'

"It was absolutely breathtaking for us. It was just astonishing. What a wonderful man."

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