Ed Sheeran turned down the chance to play a gig in space
Ed Sheeran says the idea of travelling to space still "terrifies" him.
Ed Sheeran has claimed he turned down the chance to do the first concert in space.
In 2013, Gaga was all set to sing on a Virgin Galactic flight into space, but the trip was cancelled.
Ed has now revealed that he was offered a similar gig in orbit, but rejected it because it's "too dangerous".
Speaking on The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, he said: "I was offered to go to space a while ago you know. It terrifies me, I want to go to space when it’s like flying to France and 40,000 people have done it and you can just book it online. I don’t want to be a guinea pig for that, because it still is dangerous."
He elaborated: "There was talk about doing a first gig in space, I’m sure lots of people got this email, but yeah it terrifies me. Aw mate I ain’t doing it - I got kids, like I’m not going to risk that for a Guinness World Record something or other. I’m not going to risk my kid’s not having a dad.”
The Azizam singer - who has daughters Lyra, five, and two-year-old Jupiter with his wife Cherry Seaborn - would much rather play somewhere like Greenland.
Ed - who released his latest album Play last week - said: "There are other places on this planet that I would love to see first, I would love to go to Greenland. There are places on this planet I would rather go to than space."
Listen back to the full interview here.
