Elton John's advice for Ed Sheeran's Wembley gigs: Playing all new music is the worst decision

Singer Ed Sheeran has revealed that Sir Elton John offered him some words of advice ahead of his Wembley Stadium gigs.

Sheeran, 23 - who kicks off the three night residency tonight - said that the Rocket Man singer told him about the "worst decision" he made when he played the iconic venue.

Speaking to Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon on the Capital London Breakfast Show Sheeran said: "I’m going to namedrop for one second – I just got a phone call in the car from Elton John who was talking about the gig [tonight], and he was like ‘How are you feeling about it?’ and I was like ‘I’m quite nervous, when was your first stadium?’

"He said ‘My first stadium was Wembley Stadium, and the Beach Boys were my opening act, and I decided not to play any hits and play a whole new album that nobody had ever heard and it was probably the worst decision’. So yeah, he did it, I’m not going to do it."

The BRIT Award winning artist also revealed that he is feeling the nerves.

He said: "The thing that freaks me out is someone said it was twice the size of Glastonbury."

Sheeran joked this morning that no-one had turned up to his first gig when he uploaded a picture of Wembley Stadium.

He captioned the shot: "They told me it was sold out, but no ones turned up yet."

Sheeran will play the venue tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.