All he was doing was singing and playing guitar. But what made people stare – blinking to attention – was the way he did it.
With the solemn intensity of a chess player, his eyes focused straight ahead, head slightly on an angle, fingers nimbly flicking the strings.
British musician George Ezra, 20, spent one day in New Zealand this week.
In that 24 hours he did interviews and played at an invite-only Auckland showcase sponsored by Huffer.
When he arrived at his hotel room, laid out in a row were shirts.
“Huffer left them for me, they are really nice,” he says, sounding genuinely chuffed.
The humble, talented and charming British newcomer from Hertford has created a sensation with his single Budapest.
It hit No. 1 in Britain and 10 countries in Europe. It is No. 3 on the New Zealand charts this week.
He posted the song online six months ago as a free download.
It has since been streamed more than 10 million times on Spotify and
