His broken arm has been the talk of the town over the past week.

And Ed Sheeran found himself chatting about it yet again when he was interviewed by Jonathan Ross this week.

In his first sit down interview since his recent bicycle crash, the Brit and Grammy award winning performer, 26, spoke to Jonathan [alongside Gordon Ramsay, Rita Ora and Russell Howard] about the accident which has seen him cancel performances on his upcoming tour - and says he drank through the pain when the accident first happened.

On breaking both arms in different places, he said: 'I broke my wrist, my elbow and my rib. I came off a bike quite fast, a bicycle, a pedal bike.

'The thing is, when it happened, I got up and was like, "That hurt" and then cycled to the pub. Went home, went to sleep and then woke up at five o’clock in the morning in a lot of pain. And then went to the hospital.'

He also admitted that doctors told him he would never play guitar again if he didn't cancel his tour.

He said: 'I tried to say I’ll carry on doing the shows but they said if I put any more stress on it, I might not be able to play [guitar] again so it’s good to be sensible.'

Speaking about his recovery he said: 'They are saying four weeks and then we’ll look at it.'

On the topic of alcohol, Ed went on to reveal that he took a hiatus from music to make sure he didn't succumb to the temptation of drugs.