But, as he prepares to embark on his first tour in two years, Sheeran is having to come to terms with one of his otters killing his koi fish.

Sheeran explained: "The otters are funny because I bought some koi fish. I spent a bit of money on these because I wanted to have some nice fish for my pond.

“This otter ­obviously has expensive taste and ate all of them. So we bought some more koi fish for the otter.

“Now this otter lives there and is just sitting there smoking a cigar, living the expensive life.”

On Monday, it was announced that Sheeran would guest star in the upcoming season of Game of Thrones.