Ngokutsho kwabangaphakathi, phakathi kwalo nyaka, uShiran uza kuya kwilizwe lakhe, ukuya kwisixeko saseShind, kwaye afumane umsebenzi njengomthengisi kwivenkile encinci ye-sue ryder. Inxalenye yengeniso yezivenkile itshintshelwe ngokwesiko, izindlu ezikhubazekileyo kunye nemibutho yezentlalo ezixhasa abantu abadala abangatshatanga.
Abameli be-jackie bell bashiya inkcazo ngomnqweno kaShiran: "Unomdla kwimisebenzi yokuzinikela. Kwamanye amavolontiya, nto leyo, uninzi, kangangeminyaka engama-60-90, iya kuvuya kakhulu ukuba ithathe iqela. Enkosi kuye, iprojekthi yethu iya kukwazi ukutsala umdla wabantu abancinci. Ngamaxesha athile adlulileyo, u-Ed uthenge ukwakhiwa kwamapolisa malunga nesigidi seepawundi kwaye zixhotywe apho. Uninzi olunokwenzeka, ngexesha lakhe elihle liya kukhula. "
Ngendlela, eli asilonyathelo lokuqala lokuthabatha uShiran. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, imvumi inikezele ngezinto ezininzi, awazenzayo kwiikonsathi kunye nezinye iiholide ezinkulu, ivenkile iphethe isisa. U-Ed Shiran waqinisekisa iintatheli ezifuna ukunceda idolophu yakhe, kangangokonelele kwezi zixhobo kunye namathuba.