Ed Sheeran loves a bit of Korn and Marilyn Manson... who'd have thought it?
Not only was pop star Ed Sheeran at Marilyn Manson’s recent show in Nashville - he also got to hang out with Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch backstage

He’s appeared on a spoof Jimmy Kimmel sketch playing acoustic versions of Iron Maiden’s Run To The Hills and Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff, but it turns out Ed Sheeran actually likes a bit of metal.
The pop star was at Marilyn Manson’s show in Nashville earlier this week – and as if that wasn’t enough, the singer/songwriter got to hang out backstage with Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch following the performance.
Welch uploaded a picture of the pair to his Instagram account, saying: “Of course Ed Sheeran would walk right past me and Munky at the Marilyn Manson concert and tell us he just listened to Freak On A Leash earlier today.
“Why should we be surprised.”
So there you have it. One of the world’s biggest mainstream solo artists really does like music with a harder edge. Maybe he’ll ditch the acoustic guitar for something a bit more substantial on his next album.
Back in February, Asking Alexandria performed an acoustic cover of Sheeran's track Perfect.
A photo posted by @brianheadwelch on Oct 22, 2018 at 7:27pm PDT
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