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Ed Sheeran is 'still on' to perform on 'Saturday Night Live' after bout with COVID
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Ed Sheeran is 'still on' to perform on 'Saturday Night Live' after bout with COVID

By Megan Armstrong  |  Last updated Nov 2, 2021 12:34 PM ET

Ed Sheeran is a free man.

The 30-year-old singer-songwriter posted to Instagram early Tuesday to share he is "released from COVID isolation" and "still on" to act as Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend:

The Nov. 6 episode will be hosted by Succession actor Kieran Culkin, as announced Oct. 23. 

Sheeran revealed his positive COVID-19 test on Oct. 24 and quarantined through the release of his fourth solo studio album = (Equals) last Friday (Oct. 29).

The 14-track project includes singles "Bad Habits," "Visiting Hours" and "Shivers," with "Bad Habits" peaking at No. 2 and "Shivers" at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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