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Ed Sheeran doesn't want to move to the US

Ed Sheeran has confirmed that he has no plans to live in America.

The singer-songwriter has a strong association with the country after touring as Taylor Swift's support act for a number of months in 2013.

Speaking to Hello!, however, the Brit said that he is happy to call the UK home and make trips to the US instead of living there.

Sheeran said: "I'm a British boy and I'm really a fish out of water in America. I spend a lot of time there and it is a great experience for a 23-year-old lad to have, to see all that and experience all that, but all my friends and family live here. In America, it's hotel rooms and friend's spare rooms and I'd rather be based in England and take frequent trips to America than move there permanently."

Referring to his Red Tour support slot, the 'x' star added:

"It took me living in America to break America. The American music industry is like a big game of keepy-up - you're keeping a ball up by kicking it and that is your career. The moment you take your foot away, it's harder to get the ball rolling again. You need to keep the hype going.

"America would never have happened for me, or I would never have got the ball up at all if I hadn't gone on tour with Taylor Swift in 2012. She texted me and asked did I want to go away with her for six months. I might have been a very successful home grown act here, but not in America, so it was the best text I've ever had from Taylor."

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Watch Ed Sheeran on tour in the US below: