Ed Sheeran and James Blunt seem like close friends – some would say very close friends !

British musicians Ed Sheeran and James Blunt seem like close friends – some would say very close friends, after they joked about herpes on stage at the ARIA Awards on Thursday night. The X Factor Australia mentor presented a new Diamond Award to recognise the success of Ed’s album Multiply in Australia and introduced him as the ‘Pom with a big shlong’ – much to the amusement of the audience. After the 24-year-old hugged his pal and took his award, he told the audience: ‘I went to one of James’s gigs when I was 14 at the Cambridge Junction and I stole his bottle of Corona.’