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Ed Sheeran warmed up for his Saturday night concert by serving up hot dogs at the iconic Chicago hot dog stand the Wieners Circle.
The Chicago establishment, known for its blatantly rude treatment of customers, allowed Sheeran to serve Chicago-style hot dogs to screaming fans. Neither the singer nor the fans were exempt from hurled insults, cursing and being yelling at.
The Grammy-winning musician, 32, has made it a point to visit local restaurants at several of the cities on the United States leg of his + – = ÷ x (Mathematics) Tour. Prior establishments where Sheeran lent a hand include Caliente Pizza & Draft House (Crafton, Pennsylvania), SQ Philips Steaks (Philadelphia) and SweetWater Brewery (Atlanta, Georgia).
Sheeran shared a video documenting his grunt work to his Instagram. The shift started off with an employee stating, “We’re gonna have Ed Sheeran here at the motherf – – ker Wieners Circle, and I’m gonna teach that wanker how to make a f – – king hot dog.”
As screaming fans scramble to get a glimpse of the “Thinking Out Loud” singer, the same employee tells them to “shut the f – – k up” and “shove [a hot dog] up your ass.” Even when the insults get directed towards him, Sheeran can’t stop smiling and laughing.
Sheeran captioned the video, “Served hot dogs at @wienerscircle today. This place is legendary is Chicago for serving hot dogs and insulting their customers. I loved it. See you at the stadium tonight x.”
Other celebrities have recently been spotted partaking in humble food-service positions.
Prince William prepared and served up veggie burgers from a food truck parked in London over the weekend.
A week earlier, singer Lana Del Rey randomly got into the bustling atmosphere of a Waffle House in Alabama.
Comedian David Letterman was seen in the same week bagging groceries and cleaning up spills at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Iowa. Letterman later revealed in a video uploaded to Instagram that he was reconnecting with his roots.
The Wieners Circle teased in a tweet earlier that day who the “special guest” for the day was with a saucy pun on their sign: “Do you want Edchup with that?”
Even that couldn’t prepare fans. The announcement sparked a huge turnout spanning outside the stand that the establishment deemed as “wild” in another tweet.
A follow-up Instagram post made by the Wieners Circle sharing Sheeran’s video said, “Our newest trainee, a British lad by the name of Ed Sheeran, has a lot to learn, but he apparently has quite a following #edsheeran @teddysphotos.”
Sheeran’s dedicated following led him to break the all-time attendance record at Soldier Field, according to a tweet from the venue, with 73,000 people. He beat out Taylor Swift, who had performed a few weeks earlier, and Beyoncé, who had performed the previous weekend.
On Sunday, the singer reflected on his stay in Chicago with another Instagram post, saying, “Broke the attendance record at Soldier Field in Chicago this weekend, played a subtract show to a pin drop silence crowd, got shouted at serving hotdogs, and got a new tattoo.”
Sheeran ended with a cryptic note: “Autumn is coming, tell a friend x.”