Ed Sheeran’s tour offers a lesson in the strength of noncooperation

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(RNS) — Pop megastar Ed Sheeran had a good thing going. For eight months, he mounted a small B stage in the center of some of the world’s largest stadiums, stomped on his loop pedal, and began picking out a motif on his guitar that only early fans would recognize — the melody to his defiant debut “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You.”