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Tom Bryant

Proud dad Ed Sheeran wheels baby Lyra Antarctica on family stroll with Cherry

Ed Sheeran is all smiles as his baby daughter attracts blanket coverage in Australia.

The tattooed singer, 30, and his wife Cherry Seaborn kept newborn Lyra Antarctica’s buggy in the shade as they took a stroll in the sunshine.

Ed even found time for a selfie with a fan while exploring the town of Sorrento, near Melbourne.pram on 29, flew down under earlier this month for a memorial service for music mogul Michael Gudinski, who died on March 2.

The chart-topping singer flew Down Under especially for the special memorial where he joined stars including Kylie Minogue.

Ed and Cherry Sheeran enjoyed a family stroll with baby Lyra (Media-Mode / SplashNews.com)

Emotional Ed was choked up on stage at a star-studded Melbourne memorial service held for his musician friend on Wednesday.

He told the audience: "I never get this nervous, I'm really f*****g nervous. So apologies if I mess up the lyrics or anything."

In between songs, Ed paid tribute to his late friend and music icon Michael who he described as a "tornado of joy".

Ed made sure he got nice and close to give the fan a good photo to show her mates (Media-Mode / SplashNews.com)
Ed Sheeran can't go anywhere without being recognised, even Australia (Media-Mode / SplashNews.com)

The singer belted out his new song Visiting Hours to the crowd of more than 7,000 people.

His song was born out of his two weeks of quarantine in Byron Bay where he stayed ahead of the ceremony.

Big-hearted Ed took time to pose for a selfie with a fan (Media-Mode / SplashNews.com)

He added: "So I'm extremely, extremely grateful to be here. I know it's a difficult thing to get into this country and I don't take it for granted for all the hard work getting me here and I really, really just appreciated the opportunity to get here.

"In lockdown I was able to have a guitar for quarantine I always find the best way to process stuff is to write songs, be it good news, bad news and here's a song I finished last week."

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