Earlier this month, after he grew frustrated with some of the negative online reaction to his (generally very well received) Glastonbury Festival headline performance, Sheeran said that he would no longer be posting on Twitter, although he intended to leave his feed open to his 19 million plus followers. Instead, he planned to communicate with his fans through Instagram.

Now, however, the 26=year-old seems to have decided that Twitter is simply more hassle than it's worth.

Some have also suggested that he may have been motivated by the publication of a Buzzfeed article, 24 Tweets Ed Sheeran Will Probably Delete Soon, although there is no evidence that the singer has actually seen the piece.