"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."

A street performance by singer Ed Sheeran in Bengaluru, India, came to an abrupt end this weekend when a police officer unplugged his microphone mid-song.

Ed Sheeran’s plans to do a bit of busking in between dates on his current Indian tour have been halted, as it seems he hasn’t got the correct paperwork. The multi-million selling singer had been performing in the southern city of Bengaluru before a gig there that evening.