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Ed Sheeran swapped the Met Gala for a promotion party with his beloved Ipswich Town on the heels of the club's elevation to the Premier League.

The Suffolk-based side clinched a spot in the English top flight on the heels of Saturday's 2-0 victory against relegated Huddersfield which put them just one point behind Championship table-toppers Leicester City.

Kieran McKenna's side are just the 12th team in English football history to record back-to-back promotions from the third tier to the first division, and their return rounds off a 22-year absence from the country's top table.

Sheeran, who grew up in nearby Framlingham, is a long-term supporter of his childhood club, and celebrated confirmation of their promotion on Saturday in the Miami, where the superstar is currently on tour.

The singer-songwriter then flew to New York for Monday night's Met Gala, where the star was a guest of designer Stella McCartney.

But after posing on the red carpet at fashion's biggest night, Sheeran was finally able to make it back to England to celebrate with the players in person.

Ed Sheeran partied the night away with the Ipswich Town players after team won promotion

The singer-songwriter had promised to celebrate with the squad after the side were promoted when he was in Miami on Saturday

Monday night saw Sheeran take to the carpeted steps of the Met for the museum's yearly gala

'Took the Ipswich Town lads out for a promotion party tonight,' Sheeran captioned a video shared to Instagram, before cheekily tagging defender Luke Woolfenden and midfielder Massimo Luongo.

Ipswich are back in the Premier League! Kieran McKenna's side return to the top flight for the first time in 22 years after 2-0 win over Huddersfield sealed back-to-back promotions

'(I'm with them now and they want to a tag)'.

The players and the pop star were seen singing along to Sheeran's 2017 smash hit Shape Of You, before he led the group in a chant praising 'Super Kieran McKenna'.

In a hint of the jubilant rowdiness to come, forward Conor Chaplin later demanded that Sheeran 'give him the f****** mic' as the festivities continued.

Chaplin was also videoed singing Sheeran's first hit A Team along with the 33-year-old accompanying him on his guitar, before the squad joins in with the duo.

Sheeran's support has been invaluable to the club since their days in League One, when the hitmaker signed up as the club's shirt sponsor for the 2020-21 campaign.

The singer has continued to sponsor the club's kit for both the men and women's sides.

In recognition of their biggest fan, Ipswich's dressing room celebrations featured a sing-a-long to his 2017 song Perfect - while across the pond, Sheeran was waiting to FaceTime with the team and give his congratulations directly.