"We have permission to be here, but this policeman is shutting it down," Sheeran can be heard telling the crowd in videos posted online. "See you later."

Police in the Indian tech capital of Bengaluru said they had denied the British singer permission to perform on a busy street.

Ed Sheeran took to a busy street in southern India this weekend to surprise fans with a live performance but police soon swooped and pulled the plug on the British singer, saying he hadn’t received permission.

The singer/songwriter had taken to the Bengaluru city streets to perform when police brought his show to close

British superstar singer Ed Sheeran, after being unplugged by Indian police, insists he did have permission to busk in tech hub Bengaluru.

Ed Sheeran’s impromptu street performance in Bengaluru, India, was stopped by local police on Sunday. The singer decided to busk on the city’s Church Street ahead of his concert, but police officers literally pulled the plug, saying Sheeran didn’t have proper permission.