A PART-TIME barman is paving out of career thanks to an uncanny resemblance to a certain red-headed crooner.

Ed Sheeran lookalike Ty Jones causes heads to turn everywhere he goes thanks to his shaggy hair and elfin features.

The 21-year-old from Sale, who works at Mecca Bingo, has found a side project as a lookalike and makes numerous personal appearances.

He even landed a role in Channel 4’s Lookalikes and is currently filming for series two of the show.

But his ultimate request came from the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer who wanted to meet Ty so he could see for himself the similarities.

"Ed was gobsmacked by how similar we look,” he said. "He wanted to meet me after the group Rizzle Kicks sent out a Tweet which went viral. It wrongly said Ed Sheeran had been at a rave in Manchester but it was actually me there.

"I'm the same height as Ed and it's like looking in a mirror. Everyone wants pictures of me and autographs and the attention has helped me because I used to be really shy but it's brought me out of my shell.

"I'm mistaken for Ed all the time and get lots of requests to go to parties and gigs as his lookalike. I can't sing but mime his songs and obviously I'm a big fan of his music."

Ty is likely to cause a stir when he and other Mecca Bingo staff take to the streets for the Greater Manchester Run on Sunday May 22. The team are raising money for the Carers Trust.

So if you are spectating or running in this year’s race, you know there is no need to be stop him for a ‘Photograph’.