Ed Sheeran in Queenstown while taking a break from touring and social media.

International pop star and song writer Ed Sheeran has been spotted in Queenstown bars.

The British songwriter and singer said he wanted to "take a break" after touring New Zealand in December. He has not been using his social media accounts since.

However, news of his night on the town in Queenstown was quick to hit other social media accounts on Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

Australian Nisse Perry, who recently arrived in Queenstown, was in Habana Rum Bar at 10.50pm when Sheeran walked in with a girl "he looked pretty interested in", security people and few others, she said.

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"I didn't notice him until my friend said 'wow, that guy looks a just like Ed Sheeran!'".

The friends were disagreeing if it was him when they noticed the crowd at the bar was already taking photos with the singer.

"He was being nice to the other people that asked for photos too, I noticed.

"(He was) happy to smile and take it for them, even though we were probably ruining his night out," she said.

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Perry said she politely asked the Thinking Out Loud hit-maker for a photo, then said she would leave him to it and wished him an enjoyable trip.

She said meeting the celebrity was "pretty cool" even though he wasn't her favourite musician and she wasn't an "obsessive fan type".

"We were only talking earlier in the day about the song he wrote for Justin Bieber," she said.

Later that night Sheeran was seen at Winnies restaurant in Queenstown Mall.

I have no idea how to caption this photo because what do you say when you randomly see and take a selfie with Ed Sheeran at an airport. #whatjusthappened #ourfavoritemusician #weloveyouEd A photo posted by Emily Dockall (@emilydockall) on May 6, 2016 at 10:13pm PDT

Auckland ! A photo posted by @teddysphotos on Dec 12, 2015 at 1:29am PST

Sheeran's played his Multiply tour in New Zealand in December last year.

After the gig at the Auckland stadium in December musician shared with over 16 million followers on Twitter that he would be" buggering off for a while".

One more show on the Multiply tour then I'm buggering off for a while, Auckland stadium tomorrow ! What a way to end it — Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) December 11, 2015

On his other social media account Sheeran said he would be taking a break off his phone and social media while travelling the world.

"I'm taking this opportunity to of me not having to be anywhere or do anything to travel the worlds and see everything I've missed," he said.