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Ed Sheeran tour dates 2024

Ed Sheeran is currently touring across 19 countries and has 30 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, after that they'll be at Unknown venue in Boston.

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After a 4.5hr drive to see the show we weren’t disappointed!

Lewis Capaldi was first up and as funny and great as ever. Had the crowd laughing.

The Darkness were not my thing but they engaged with one particular guy called “Rick” in the crowd, who also sang his heart out for an appreciative audience.

The main man Ed appeared on stage around 8.30pm with a huge smile on his face, to an immense welcome from the Ipswich crowd, he was born not too far away, so was nice to see him finish this huge 2 year world tour at home.

Also he gave hundreds of free tickets to the pupils of the school he attended when he lived there.

His vocals were simply incredible, loud, strong, smooth and steamy, just beautiful !!

Screen graphics and timings were perfect too.

His guitar playing was awesome to watch and I have no idea how he concentrates on so many things at once with the loop, that is pure talent and the build up and sound in some songs ie Eraser, Bloodstream and the awesome You need me,I don’t need you gave me goosebumps.

Ed was joined for Galway Girl by Beoga which was brilliant.

Special guest Stormzy for “Shape of You” was the icing on the cake and I’m so pleased I bought the tickets last year, they were worth every penny.

Only complaint was the rude and miserable guy behind the official merch counter!! Spending £50 on a hoodie for my daughter meant I had to save for it and it would have been nice to have had a “hello” a “thank-you” or any kind of a smile!!!

Luckily the bar staff were friendly, smiley and helpful as were the local people.

Would 100% recommend ED SHEERAN as someone to see live, he is INCREDIBLE.

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Let me just start off by saying Ed Sheeran is an amazing performer and speaker. He is comedic and doesn't require thousands of lights and a massive stage to impress thousands. He stayed interactive with the crowd very well. This is my 3rd concert ever and it was both the best and worst I have ever.

Ed Sheeran did amazing, he isn't the issue. As people know in concerts you stand and dance to most songs and sit (under circumstances) when ballads are playing or the performer is speaking. So- I was standing during one of Ed Sheeran's many sings along/dancing songs. I am a 6 foot tall 13 years old there for my birthday. In the area, I was in many people asked me to sit while he talked which I happily obliged to then learning the rules.

It was all fine until one man yelled in a very rude/angry voice yelled at me (during a dancing song) "SIT DOWN IDIOT IN THE BLACK HAT." Which at the very moment I didn't recognize as myself until my father went to lash back (as any protective super concert dad would do). This is something I had never experienced. So for the rest of the concert, I sat having an emotional/mental breakdown.

I'm not sure if it was the music or the people that made me cry so much. This was an experience I will learn from. Unfortunately, it is (probably) because Ed Sheeran reins in a large age group as an audience. This means sometimes people will be cranky, rude, or just plain snarky.

I understand if someone handicapped asked me to sit because they couldn't stand. But this man that yelled at me was about 50 or younger. I hope he ended up enjoying his concert because by halfway through my whole 6' or taller family stood and danced. He sat and everyone around him was asking him to join.

Sorry for my rant. Ed Sheeran is an amazing performer. I just thought you should know that people that (I know) will be everywhere (and we cant do much about them). But it was rude.

Great show! I bought my wife and I tickets as a gift for her (she was a huge Ed Sheeran fan even before he was famous) and we had a great time. My wife had never been to the venue, and while I had been to shows at Consol Enery Center before this was the first show I saw there since it became PPG Paints Arena. Everything about the production and performances (lights, audio, visuals, crew, musicians etc) went off with nary a hitch and was executed in a very timely manner. Props to all involved.

James Blunt opened, and like many people there (as he joked) I only knew one of his songs: "You're Beautiful". He was funny, charismatic, a good showman, and a good sport. He put on a high quality emotion filled performance, and despite his music being on the sadder side still managed to pump everyone up for Ed Sheeran. "Don't Give Me Those Eyes" was a highlight. He hung out in the Captain Morgan lounge after his performance and invited anyone interested to come hang with him. I came in not really knowing who he was and left checking out his latest music and regretting not grabbing a beer with him.

Than Ed came out (my wife had a pinch me I'm dreaming moment). He was noticeably quieter and a bit more reserved than Blunt when addressing the audience, but quickly dove in. I was always aware Ed was a talented solo artist, but you really appreciate his talent on a different level when you actually hear him perform outside of a studio live with just him and a guitar. Most of his songs were studio quality. A few songs dipped in quality but for charming and understandable reasons like audience involvement and impressive sped-up improv (i.e. the "Don't" and "New Man" mashup). He played nearly all the songs my wife and I were looking for ("Perfect", "A-Team", "Galway Girl", "Nancy Mulligan", "Thinking Out Loud", etc.). Since this was the "Divide" tour he played almost every song off that album (but not all: no "Barcelona", "Bibia be ye ye", etc.) He also played a lot of his older songs, including an audience request for "Cold Coffee" (he stated it was the first time he performed it live since 2010-2011). I also liked how he put on a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey during his closing song "You Need Me and I Don't Need You".

TLDR it was one of the best shows I have seen.

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Ed Sheeran announces North American ‘Mathematics’ tour for 2023

The pop star takes his world tour to the US and Canada

Ed Sheeran has shared details of a North American tour for 2023 – see dates below including how to buy tickets.

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The pop star will bring his ongoing ‘Mathematics’ world tour to the US and Canada next year, with support from Khalid , Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns , Maisie Peters and Russ on differing dates. It’s in support of his latest album, 2021’s ‘ = ‘ and will also hear him play songs from his back catalogue.

Tickets go on general sale here next Friday (October 14) at 10am PT (6pm BST).

Fans can register for early access tickets here (registration closes this Sunday, October 9 at 10pm ET / 3am BST, Monday, October 10). Those with American Express cards can also get early access here from next Wednesday (October 12) at 12pm local time through to next Thursday (October 13) at 10pm local time.

Ed Sheeran ‘Mathematics’ North American tour dates 2023:

MAY 06 – AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas, US * 13 – NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, US * 20 – Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, US * 27 – Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, US *

JUNE 03 – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US * 10 – MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, US * 17 – Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^ 24 – FedExField, Landover, Maryland, US ^

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JULY 01 – Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, US ^ 08 – Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US ^ 15 – Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan, US ^ 22 – Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee, US @ 29 – Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, US @

AUGUST 05 – GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, US @ 12 – U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US @ 19 – Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado, US @ 26 – Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington, US #

SEPTEMBER 02 – BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada # 09 – Allegiant Stadium Russ, Las Vegas, Nevada, US + 16 – Levi’s® Stadium, Santa Clara, California, US + 23 – SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California, US +

* = w/ Khalid and Dylan ^ = w/ Khalid and Rosa Linn @ = w/ Khalid and Cat Burns # = Khalid and Maisie Peters + = w/ Russ and Maisie Peters

In other news, Sheeran will enter his third set of court proceedings over his songwriting , with the musician set to face a jury trial following a suit from a stakeholder in the estate of Marvin Gaye ‘s co-writer.

The ruling came last month (September 29) from Judge Louis Stanton, a senior district judge for the Southern District of New York. Per Billboard , the case will determine whether Sheeran’s hit single ‘Thinking Out Loud’  is in breach of copyright due to its similarities with Gaye’s 1973 single ‘Let’s Get It On’.

The suit came from Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a stake in the copyrights of the estate of Ed Townsend – a co-writer on ‘Let’s Get It On’. It was originally filed  back in 2016 , with  a decision regarding jury involvement  coming in 2019.

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Ed Sheeran has announced details for the North American leg of his “+ – = ÷ x Tour” (pronounced “The Mathematics Tour”), hitting stadiums across the continent for the first time since his 2018 “Divide” tour,

Dates begin on May 6th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, before wrapping up on September 23rd at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA (see itinerary below). Main support on a majority of the dates comes from R&B singer Khalid (May 6th-September 2nd), with rapper/singer-songwriter Russ rounding out the tour (September 9th-23rd); Dylan, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters, and Rosa Linn alternate as first of three.

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To usher in the news of the tour, Sheeran is set to make a pair of television appearances: on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on October 13th, followed by ABC’s “Good Morning America” on October 14th.   

“+ – = ÷ x TOUR” North American tour dates 2023 with: + Khalid – Russ × Dylan · Rosa Linn % Cat Burns ≠ Maisie Peters

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You don’t need to be a mathematician to solve Ed Sheeran’s upcoming “Mathematics Tour.”

All you have to know is, “You + Ed Sheeran = A great time.”

In 2023, the beloved pop star has mapped out a massive 24-concert stadium tour bringing the good times to venues all over North America from May 6 through Sept. 23.

That includes a night at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on June 3 and back to back gigs at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium on June 10 and June 11 .

The “Mathematics Tour,” also known as the “+ – = ÷ x Tour,” will be Sheeran’s first official nationwide U.S. jaunt since his 2018 “÷” tour.

So, if you want to see “Teddy” play the hits like ‘Shape Of You,” “Bad Habits,” and “Shivers” live, we’ve got the ultimate cheat sheet for you to find Ed Sheeran tickets.

Rather than making you do all the mental math, we went ahead and found all the cheapest upper-level and floor-seat ticket prices on Vivid Seats.

How much are Ed Sheeran tickets?

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Ed Sheeran 2023 tour schedule

The following is a complete list of all Ed Sheeran U.S.A. tour dates, venues, show start times and links to buy Ed Sheeran concert tickets.

(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout .)

Ed Sheeran opening acts

Sheeran is treating fans this tour.

On select dates, the Ed Sheeran tour will bring along Khalid, Russ, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, and Maisie Peters for the ride.

For the uninitiated, here’s a quick intro to each artist.

Khalid is an R&B/pop singer with six Grammy nominations under his belt. He got his start on SoundCloud and quickly rose to prominence after his single “Location” charted at number two on the Billboard chart.

Russ , a New Jersey native, brings hip-hop to the tour. His most recent EP, 2021’s “Chomp 2,” received praise for its “dope moments and quality hip hop bars” from Raw Side Hip Hop .

Dylan , an English singer-songwriter, just dropped her debut mixtape, “The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn,” in October 2022. Prior to opening for Sheeran, she served as the support act for Tate McRae and Bastille.

Rosa Linn , 22, hails from Armenia and represented the country in the 2022 Eurovision contest. Although she didn’t win, her song “SNAP” went viral on TikTok and now boasts over 300 million streams on Spotify.

Cat Burns broke through in 2022. Her single “Go” exploded into the mainstream after a 2020 release. Women In Pop called her recently released six-track EP full of “warmth, emotion, heartbreak, delicious melodies (and) gorgeous harmonies.”

Maisie Peters just dropped her first studio album, “You Signed Up for This,” on Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records label. Known for her soprano voice, the pop singer counts Taylor Swift and Lily Allen as significant influences.

Ed Sheeran new album

In 2021, Ed Sheeran released (=), his fifth studio album. The record spawned major hits “Bad Habits” and “Shivers,” the latter toppled the former from the top spot on the U.K. and Irish charts.

In their review, Rolling Stone argued that the new album signaled Sheeran’s transformation from a “sensitive superstar” to one that produces “songs with choruses meant to incite cell-phone-lit sing-alongs in stadiums.”

Following (=) ‘s major success, the “Game of Thrones” guest star/pop icon dropped several singles, including collaborations with artists like Taylor Swift on “The Joker and the Queen” and Elton John on “Merry Christmas.”

It’s rumored that Sheeran will deliver a sixth studio album in 2023, complete with ten “epic music videos,” according to thenews.com.

Although nothing has been confirmed, hopefully, we’ll find out whether the rumors are confirmed before the North American tour.

In the meantime, you can hear all of Ed Sheeran’s albums here .

As for his last European tour, you can check out Sheeran’s 2022 “Mathematics Tour” setlist for multiple dates at this link .

Other huge stars on tour in 2023

As live music continues to roar back in a post-pandemic world, many of the world’s biggest artists are returning to the road to share their anthems with audiences all over North America.

Here are just five of the most must-see tours that might be coming to a city near you in the next few months.

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Ed Sheeran Announces North American Tour Dates for 2023

His first North American tour in five years

Ed Sheeran has announced a handful of North American tour dates for 2023, marking the UK pop star’s first trek across the continent in five years (get tickets here ). Joining him as supporting acts are Khalid, Russ, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, and Maisie Peters.

“+ – = ÷ x Tour” — pronounced “The Mathematics Tour” — kicks off on May 6th at Arlington, Texas’ AT&T Stadium. Sheeran will then hit stadiums across North America including Atlanta, Toronto, Nashville, Chicago, Minneapolis, Vancouver, and Las Vegas before wrapping up at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on September 23rd.

You can find tickets to Sheeran’s upcoming tour dates here .

Update – April 28th: Sheeran has announced a series of intimate theater shows , which will take place amid his upcoming North American stadium tour.

Earlier this year, Sheeran teamed up with Bring Me the Horizon for a heavier take on his hit “Bad Habits.” In less fun news, however, a judge has ordered the singer to go to trial after he attempted to throw out a lawsuit claiming his song “Thinking Out Loud” copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

Ed Sheeran 2023 Tour Dates:

05/06 – Arlington, TX @ AT&T Stadium + × 05/13 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium + × 05/19 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall ^ 05/20 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium + × 05/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle ^ 05/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium + × 06/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met ^ 06/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field + × 06/10 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium + × 06/16 – Toronto, ON @ History ^ 06/17 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre + · 06/24 – Landover, MD @ FedExField + · 06/29 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre ^ 07/01 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium + · 07/08 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Acrisure Stadium + · 07/14 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre 07/15 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field + · 07/21 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium ^ 07/22 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium + % 07/28 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre ^ 07/29 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field + % 08/05 – Kansas City, MO @ GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium +% 08/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre ^ 08/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium + % 08/18 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre ^ 08/19 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High + % 08/25 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 08/26 – Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field + ≠ 09/01 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre ^ 09/02 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place + ≠ 09/09 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium – ≠ 09/15 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ^ 09/16 – Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium – ≠ 09/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium ^ 09/23 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium – ≠

+ = w/ Khalid – = w/ Russ ^ = w/ Ben Kweller × = w/ Dylan · = w/ Rosa Linn % = w/ Cat Burns ≠ = w/ Maisie Peters

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Ed Sheeran Sets 2023 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand

Scheduled to kick off Feb. 2, 2023 at Sky Stadium in Wellington, NZ, the jaunt is Sheeran's first here since the 2018 "Divide Tour."

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Ed Sheeran comes to AT&T Stadium on Saturday, May 6th to kick off his 2023 + – = ÷ x Tour. Multi GRAMMY® Award-winning, global superstar Ed Sheeran will hit stadiums across the continent for the first time since his history-making “Divide Tour” in 2018, which officially became the most-attended and highest-grossing tour of all time by its completion. Sheeran will be accompanied by special guests Khalid and Dylan.

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Ed Sheeran has announced the dates for his North American stadium tour . Known as the “+ – = ÷ x Tour” a.k.a. “the Mathematics Tour,” the trek run kicks off in Arlington, TX at AT&T Stadium on May 6th. A fan presale will begin on Oct. 12 through Oct. 13, with tickets going on sale to the public on Oct. 14. Tickets go on sale in both cases at 10:00 a.m. local time.

The tour is in support of 2021’s Equals , his fourth consecutive LP to top the Billboard 100. The trek finds the musician crisscrossing the U.S. It launches in the south with dates in Texas, Florida, and Georgia, before the tour heads east and to the Midwest. This leg of the tour concludes on the West Coast.  

The 21-date run marks the musician’s first stateside concerts in nearly five years. The shows will feature special guests Khalid (who appears May 6 ­– Sept. 2) and Russ (Sept. 9 – 23). Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, and Maisie Peters will also appear on select dates.

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Ed Sheeran 2023 North American Tour

May 6 – Arlington, TX @ AT&T Stadium May 13 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium May 20 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium May 27 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium June 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field June 10 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium June 17 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre June 24 – Landover, MD @ FedExField July 1 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium July 8 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Acrisure Stadium July 15 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field July 22 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium July 29 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field Aug. 5 – Kansas City, MO @ GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Aug. 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium Aug. 19 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High Aug. 26 – Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field Sept. 2 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place Sept. 9 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium Sept. 16 – Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium Sept. 23 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium

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This evening’s ed sheeran concert has been rescheduled for saturday, october 28. previously purchased tickets will be valid for the rescheduled date..

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Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning, global superstar Ed Sheeran has announced details for the North American leg of his “+ - = ÷ x Tour” (pronounced “The Mathematics Tour”), hitting stadiums across the continent for the first time since his history-making “Divide Tour” in 2018, which officially became the most-attended and highest-grossing tour of all time by its completion.

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11 Reasons Why 2023 Is Ed Sheeran's Definitive Year: Two Albums, Stadium Attendance Records & More

What may just be Ed Sheeran's busiest year yet has arguably also been his most career-defining. From epic special guests on tour to unique fan surprises, take a look at 11 ways 2023 has been monumental for the pop superstar.

It's hard to say that Ed Sheeran is having a "moment" — since his debut album + in 2011, he's had countless groundbreaking career milestones. But 2023 may just be his most monumental year yet.

Sheeran's banner 2023 came on the heels of what was arguably his hardest year to date, as his Disney+ documentary, Ed Sheeran: The Sum Of It All detailed. The four-part doc sees the star cope with losing his best friend, his wife's cancer diagnosis, and his copyright case for "Shape of You" — and in turn, channeling all of that pain and grief into his sixth album, Subtract . By the end of the doc, Sheeran says of his wife's positive prognosis and the pending album releases, "All great news. And heading into a year where, hopefully, it's all good news."

Fortunately for the four-time GRAMMY winner, 2023 has been all good news. Sheeran himself has said this year has been his best year so far, telling fans on Reddit , "The older I get, the more I feel I'm figuring it out and having more fun with it." 

His latest 2023 achievement comes in the form of Autumn Variations , Sheeran's seventh album and second in just five months. What's more, the LP arrived just one week after Sheeran broke yet another stadium attendance record at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium, where he ended his North American Mathematics Tour on Sept. 23. (He'll play a rescheduled show in Las Vegas on Oct. 28 after experiencing production issues on Sept. 9.)

Below, check out 11 moments that helped 2023 become Ed Sheeran's definitive year.

Paying Tribute to Jamal Edwards

Sheeran started out the new year with a beautiful tribute to his late best friend, Jamal Edwards, on the YouTube channel for SBTV, which Edwards founded in 2006. Shot in Stamford Bridge — the home to Edwards' favorite football team, Chelsea F.C. — surrounded by candles, Sheeran raps about the anguish over losing his "brother" and vows to keep his legacy alive.

Edwards, who helped launch Sheeran's career in the early days, died suddenly from a drug-induced heart attack in February 2022. His death hit Sheeran hard, inspiring several songs for Subtract , including lead single "Eyes Closed." The F64 video relaunched the series for SBTV and garnered over 2 million views.

"Everyone remembers him the way the media is telling you — that he was a mogul and he set up SBTV and he was worth this and that," Sheeran emotionally told Zane Lowe in their Apple Music interview upon Subtract 's May release. "But, he was just a really great, lovely, funny bloke."

Breaking Multiple Stadium Attendance Records

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Throughout his Mathematics World Tour this year, Sheeran has broken several stadium attendance records — some of which were his own records. He first broke some in Melbourne, Brisbane, Wellington, and Perth in February and March;. at Melbourne's MCG Stadium, Sheeran initially broke the record by performing to a 107,000-strong crowd on March 2, but topped that record 24 hours later with 109,500 fans for this March 3 show.  

"Ed loves to break a record and he's smashed this one," Matt Gudinski, CEO of Mushroom Group, the live entertainment management group for the Mathematics World Tour, said in a press release.

In North America, Sheeran continued smashing attendance records in Santa Clara, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Foxborough, Chicago, Nashville, Kansas City, Vancouver, and Los Angeles. As Sheeran noted on Instagram, his biggest US attendance was at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he played to more than 82,000 fans. 

"My dad told me if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, and today was really reminiscing about playing my first show at mercury lounge in 2012 to 130 people," he added in the caption. "It feels like a dream today."

Debuting A Disney+ Docuseries

In May, Sheeran released a documentary series with Disney+ alongside his Subtract release. It documented the process of the album, and showed a little more depth into Sheeran's personal life — one that he keeps very private.

His wife, Cherry Seaborn, came up with the idea of the documentary after she was diagnosed with cancer while pregnant with their second child. Fortunately, it ended up being less serious than it was initially diagnosed, but it made her reflect on her own mortality — what people's perception of her would be and what she would leave behind. 

"For Ed, the whole point is that he wants to say to people, 'I'm not just this music machine. I'm not just this robot that tries to get No. 1. I'm a father. I'm a son. I'm a friend. I'm a husband,'" Seaborn reflects in the docuseries.

Filmed throughout 2022, the series follows Sheeran as he processes his pain and grief over the loss of Edwards, while also working on his visual album. The four-episode series focused on the themes Love, Loss, Focus, and Release.

After the release of the album and documentary, Sheeran told Z100's The Elvis Duran Morning Show how much he enjoys hearing that people are connecting with both the record and docuseries despite its sad undertones. 

"What I didn't want is like, 'sad pop star does sad documentary and sad album,'" Sheeran explains. "What I wanted was to do a sort of snapshot of grief and depression and have people connect it to their own feelings. The people that made the documentary for me, two of them lost their mothers whilst we were doing the documentary. They found the process cathartic by making it and watching it. I think it's good."

Releasing Subtract

Subtract , the final album in Sheeran's mathematically titled series, arrived on May 5. It's the first of his albums to have a visual album alongside it — 14 different music videos created for each song.

During his press tour, Sheeran shared that he loved all of his albums, but Subtract reflected more of who he was at the start of his career as an acoustic singer/songwriter. Because of this, he felt uncomfortable about the release, unsure how it would do commercially.

"It's foreign territory for me," Sheeran told Zane Lowe. "Usually with Equals , Plus or Multiply , it's like you write for three years and pick the best songs and then that's the album, whereas this one I wrote for a month and all the songs came out. It's not even necessarily a risk because my fans originally liked me for my singer/songwriter stuff, but it's the unknown of not having 'Shivers' to fall back on. Each of my albums, I've always been like I've got this ."

Subtract in fact has been a commercial success: Sheeran reached his sixth No. 1 on the UK Music Chart, becoming the UK's fastest-selling album of 2023 so far, shifting 76,000 chart units in its opening week. It also reached No. 1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, and Switzerland, and hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.

Winning Two "Thinking Out Loud" Copyright Lawsuits

Within two weeks of each other in May, Sheeran won two copyright infringement lawsuits involving his 2014 GRAMMY-winning song "Thinking Out Loud," which was sued for its similarities to Marvin Gaye 's classic "Let's Get It On." He believes the verdict would help protect the creative process for songwriters in the U.S. and globally; Sheeran even claimed he would quit the music industry if he had lost the case.

"I am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case and it looks like I am not having to retire from my day job after all," he said after the rulings . "But at the same time I'm unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all."

Sheeran testified in court with his guitar, playing demos for the jury to prove the 1-3-4-5 chord progression at issue was a common "building block" of pop music and couldn't be owned. Music experts for the defense also proved that the chords were used prior to Gaye's song. After three hours of deliberations that followed the two-week trial, the jury were in favor of Sheeran, finding that he independently created his hit single. 

Performing With Luke Combs At The ACM Awards

On May 11, Sheeran made his Academy of Country Music Awards debut with his Subtract track "Life Goes On," which he performed as a duet with country superstar Luke Combs . The duet version of the song was officially released following the show.

While it was Sheeran's first ACM appearance, it wasn't the first time he and Combs have performed together. Combs — who has covered Sheeran's song "Dive" many times — brought Sheeran out as a surprise guest while singing "Dive" during his C2C Festival set in March 2022. (Combs later released an official recorded version of his cover.)

Their friendship hit a whole new level after Sheeran posted a video on Instragram of the country star teaching him how to shotgun a beer. Combs finished his beer within three seconds, to which Sheeran said, "That's really impressive."

Surprising Fans All Over The Country

In conjunction with the release of Subtract in May, Sheeran teamed up with American Express to create a weekend Subtract Pop-Up experience in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, and Boston. Along with giving fans an interactive take on the album, Sheeran made surprise appearances to the pop-ups in NYC, LA, and Dallas, performing several songs outside each venue.

Sheeran made surprise appearances at iconic establishments on several stops of his tour — from performing "Lego House" at the LEGO Store at the Mall of America in Minnesota, to playing barista at the Starbucks' original Pike Place location in Seattle, to serving up cheesesteaks at Philadelphia's famous Philip's Steaks. He also sang "Thinking Out Loud" for not one, but two sets of newlyweds: one at his favorite karaoke bar in Nashville, and another at Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

Before his Chicago concert at Soldier Field, Sheeran stepped behind the counter of The Wieners Circle, a restaurant notoriously known for hurling insults at their customers while serving hot dogs. According to a tweet from the establishment , Sheeran's stint seemingly held up his reputation as one of the nicest guys in the industry: "Our newest trainee @edsheeran has a lot to learn, he's way too proper and friendly."

He added to the fun with Autumn Variations , performing tracks from the album in fans' homes, which he unveiled in a series of videos and an album version titled Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions) .

Giving Intimate Subtract Concerts

Alongside Sheeran's North American stadium shows, he played a series of intimate performances of Subtract in its entirety (as well as his biggest songs) at much smaller venues. The Subtract Tour was inspired by Sheeran's performance at London's Union Chapel, where he played the tracks in front of a crowd for the first time. As he was performing, he began to weep — a rare occurrence for the star, but an important learning moment.

"Every time you release music, it starts to just belong to the public. That's why music is really special because whenever an artist releases music, it does belong to you guys. It does become your stories and your thoughts," Sheeran said during his Subtract Tour show in Los Angeles. "And what I wanted with this album was to come out and play it more so I can feel less sad about it. It's kind of a grieving process for me to sort of stand on stage and sing these songs."

Performing Alongside His Heroes & Fellow Superstars

It's no surprise that a global superstar like Ed Sheeran would draw a number of famous folks to his concerts — like Chef Gordon Ramsey, Chris Hemsworth, Lil Nas X , and Matt Damon, who all paid Sheeran a surprise visit at his Metlife show.

But it was the guests that appeared next to him on stage that surprised the fans, too. Ontario-bred singer Shawn Mendes surprised the crowd at Rogers Centre in Toronto, where the pair sang Sheeran's 2011 single "Lego House" and Mendes' 2017 hit, "There's Nothin' Holding Me Back." Mendes had originally wanted to attend the concert , but Sheeran suggested, "You can't just come to the show. You gotta come up and sing a song."

When Sheeran's opener Khalid couldn't perform in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sheeran called on some friends to help out: John Mayer on June 30 and Little Big Town on July 1. After Mayer opened the show, he later joined Sheeran on stage to sing "Thinking Out Loud" which they've performed together the 2015 GRAMMYs and again at Mayer's show in Tokyo in 2019.

"When Ed asked me, the idea was just too intriguing to pass up," Mayer wrote on Instagram . "I love the opportunity to help cover for two of my friends at the same time."

Two weeks later, Sheeran asked his Detroit crowd if he could perform a cover of the city's rap icon Eminem . In the middle of singing "Lose Yourself," Eminem emerged from beneath the stage and joined in on the song. They continued their duets with Eminem's 2000 hit "Stan," which the duo performed together during the rapper's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year.

"I remember spraying my hair yellow and rapping Eminem in the school talent show when I was 11, insane to be able to bring him out to my show in Detroit," Sheeran reminisced on Instagram . "Really a moment I will never forget, a real career and life highlight."

Sheeran continued the trend of bringing out a performer from their hometown with Macklemore at Lumen Field in Seattle. Sheeran caught up with Macklemore that day — as he told the crowd, they've been friends for 10 years — and invited him to perform alongside him that night."

The duo, who performed together back in 2014 at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, sang Macklemore's hits "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us." 

Opening For John Mayer At The Wiltern

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After opening for Sheeran at Gillette Stadium, John Mayer called on his friend to repay the favor to support a good cause at LA's The Wiltern on Sept. 19. The show benefitted the Heart and Armor Foundation, which supports the health of veterans of war.

Sheeran kicked off the evening with seven songs, including "Castle on the Hill," "Bad Habits," "Shivers," and "Shape of You." He later joined Mayer on stage to duet on 2006's Continuum fan favorite, "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room," and a cover of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin." 

Following the duets, the two hugged and Sheeran told the crowd, "I just said to John, 'I feel like I'm going to watch that on YouTube for the rest of my life.' That was so special."

Releasing His First Album On His Own Label

As personal as Subtract was for Sheeran, Autumn Variations is truly his very own. It marks his first album released on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.

Like he did on Subtract , Sheeran teamed up with The National 's Aaron Dessner to create Autumn Variations , which he released on Sept. 29. Inspired by the composer Sir Edward Elgar — who composed Enigma Variations , where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends — Sheeran wanted to do the same about his own pals. In the fall of 2021, Sheeran and Dessner started working on music together, which Sheeran said in a statement "captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully." 

"When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friends' different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time," he added. "There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion."

By going through his own record label, Autumn Variations will mark the first studio album that Sheeran will own the copyrights to. With ownership of his work, Sheeran has more freedom to release whatever he wants and however he wants to — and not worry about industry pressures. 

As Sheeran revealed in an "Ask Me Anything" session on his Instagram stories on the eve of Autumn Variations ' release, he has no expectations for the album to perform as well commercially as his past releases. The past year reminded him why he originally wanted to become an artist: to be able to release music that he wants out there.

"I haven't released an album independently since I was 19," Sheeran said. "I'm super excited to just put an album out for the sake of putting an album out and not having any sort of commercial pressures around that. And yeah, no singles, no videos and I hope you love it. It's meant to just feel like a warm hug."

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25 Years Of Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way": 10 Covers By Ed Sheeran, Lil Uzi Vert & More

To commemorate the anniversary of Backstreet Boys' biggest hit, take a look at 10 clever ways it's been covered and sampled — from Ed Sheeran's karaoke bit to a Weird Al special.

When the Backstreet Boys released "I Want It That Way" on April 12, 1999, they likely had no idea how beloved their smash hit would still be a quarter-century later.

Written by the Swedish powerhouse team of Andreas Carlsson and Max Martin , "I Want It That Way" is undoubtedly BSB's signature hit, particularly thanks to its memorable undulating melody and its long-debated cryptic meaning. But perhaps the most surprising part of the song's legacy is how it has resonated across genres — from a TikTok cover by Korn to a hip-hop sampling by Lil Uzi Vert .

As the Backstreet Boys celebrate the 25th anniversary of "I Want It That Way," take a look at how the song has been diversely covered, lovingly lampooned and karaoke jammed by an array of voices in the business.

Weird Al Yankovic (2003)

When the king of parody songs selects one to skewer, you know it's an iconic song. Weird Al Yankovic paid tribute to the largeness of the Backstreet Boys classic when he used "I Want It That Way" as the basis of a song called "eBay" in 2003.

Yankovic's chorus replaces the original's with, "A used pink bathrobe/ A rare mint snow globe/ A Smurf TV tray/ I bought on eBay." The Backstreet Boys send up appears on Yankovic's album Poodle Hat , which won Best Comedy Album at the 2004 GRAMMYs.

One Direction (2013)

Three years One Direction formed on "The X Factor," the five lads — Harry Styles , Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson — included a cover of "I Want It That Way" on their 2013 concert set lists, the young boy band paying homage to the ones that came before them. Though their English accents poked through at times, their version was loyal to the original, and got their crowds singing along.

"Glee" (2013)

Poking fun at the presumed rivalry between *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, a medley of the former's "Bye Bye Bye" and "I Want It That Way" was featured in Season 4, Episode 16 of "Glee." In the episode — aptly titled "Feud" — choir director Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and glee club heartthrob Finn (Cory Monteith) face off in an epic boy band battle, which ultimately proved the groups' respective music was more cohesive than divisive.

Brittany Howard and Jim James (2016)

The lead singers of Alabama Shakes and My Morning Jacket covering a boy band classic. It doesn't sound real, but Brittany Howard and Jim James did just that in 2016 when they recorded "I Want It That Way" for an animated short cartoon called "A Love Story."

Released by the fast food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, the clip was part of a creative campaign to showcase the company's focus on natural ingredients. Howard and James highlight the poignancy and versatility of the song by adding lush string arrangements and dramatic beats.

Backstreet Boys x Jimmy Fallon and The Roots (2018)

The 2018 live performance of "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for "The Tonight Show" is arguably the sweetest rendition of the song — and not just because they're using a mini xylophone, baby tambourine and other toy classroom instruments. It's even more endearing than the previous collaborations between Fallon and Backstreet Boys: a barbershop singing version of Sisqo's "Thong Song" and a "Bawkstreet Boys" version of "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)," with everyone dressed like fluffy birds.

The 1975 (2020)

British rockers The 1975 performed a fairly faithful cover of "I Want It That Way," hitting all the high notes at several of their 2023 world concert tour stops. But it's not the first time frontman Matty Healy has hinted at the Backstreet Boys' influence on his band: he told Pitchfork in 2020 that " College Dropout -era Kanye West meets Backstreet Boys" was part of their veritable moodboard at the time when working on their own song called "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)."

Lil Uzi Vert (2020)

In 2020, Lil Uzi Vert released a rap song called "That Way" that includes a refrain of "I want it that way" sung to the tune of the Backstreet original, but with an AutoTune twist. From there, the lyrics become quite a bit naughtier than anything the BSB guys have uttered in any song.

"I don't know how [the idea of] Backstreet Boys got involved in this song, I really don't," the song's producer Supah Mario told Splice at the time. "I think it was all Uzi. But it was a game changer."

The interpolation was so good, in fact, that Nick Carter even invited Lil Uzi Vert to collaborate: "Now you're gonna have to be featured on our next album bud," he tweeted upon the song's release.

Korn (2022)

Fans of Korn know that the nu metal band has a sense of humor, but few could've expected that Jonathan Davis and crew would post a TikTok of themselves singing "I Want It That Way" in 2022.

"I never wanna hear you say… 'Worst Is On Its Way,'" reads the caption on the post, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Korn's 2022 song of the same name.

Backstreet Boys responded on the app via a hilarious Duet video with Nick Carter. In the video, Carter — who sports fabulous metal eye makeup and a long silver wig — doesn't actually say or sing anything, he just drops his jaw in amazement.

Backstreet Boys x Downy (2022)

Downy hired the Backstreet Boys to poke fun at "I Want It That Way" with the now-viral "Tell Me Why" commercial in 2022. All five members — Nick Carter, Howie Dorough , Brian Littrell , AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson — appear as a Backstreet Boys poster on the wall that comes to life, using the "tell me why" hook of their hit to engage a woman doing laundry in a conversation about washing her clothes.

As Saatchi group account director Jen Brotman told Muse at the time, the nostalgic ad also spawned some memories for the folks working on the ad campaign.

"The moment [BSB] stood in front of the camera, they rehearsed 'I Want It That Way' just to get the notes right, and we felt like we were getting serenaded on set," Brotman recalled. "We couldn't believe how emotional we all got — there may or may not have been tears in some eyes. The song has always been a karaoke favorite of the team, so we knew which 'tell me whys' we wanted them to hit, and we still can't get it out of our heads."

Ed Sheeran (2023)

When he fancies singing a bit of karaoke, Ed Sheeran loves leaning on "I Want It That Way," as the star showed at his favorite Nashville bar in July 2023. A patron caught him on camera and his happiness level is undeniable when belting out this enduring pop classic.

As Sheeran told CBS News a few months later, he grew up on the pop hits of everyone from Backstreet Boys to Britney Spears . But what he said about "I Want It That Way" specifically may be the best way to describe its long-lasting impact: "You can't be in a bar, a couple of beers in, and 'I Want It That Way' comes on and not be like, 'This is a good song.' You can't."

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17 Love Songs That Have Won GRAMMYs: "I Will Always Love You," "Drunk In Love" & More

Over the GRAMMYs' 66-year history, artists from Frank Sinatra to Ed Sheeran have taken home golden gramophones for their heartfelt tunes. Take a look at some of the love songs that have won GRAMMYs.

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Without heart-bursting, world-shifting love songs, music wouldn't be the same. There are countless classic and chart-topping hits dedicated to love, and several of them have won GRAMMYs.

We're not looking at tunes that merely deal with shades of love or dwell in heartbreak. We're talking out-and-out, no-holds-barred musical expressions of affection — the kind of love that leaves you wobbly at the knees.

No matter how you're celebrating Valentine's Day (or not), take a look at 18 odes to that feel-good, mushy-gushy love that have taken home golden gramophones over the years.

Frank Sinatra , "Strangers In The Night"

Record Of The Year / Best Vocal Performance, Male, 1967

Ol' Blue Eyes offers but a glimmer of hope for the single crowd on Valentine's Day, gently ruminating about exchanging glances with a stranger and sharing love before the night is through.

Willie Nelson , "Always On My Mind"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, 1983

In this cover, Nelson sings to the woman in his life, lamenting over those small things he should have said and done, but never took the time. Don't find yourself in the same position this Valentine's Day.

Lionel Richie , "Truly"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, 1983

"Truly" embodies true dedication to a loved one, and it's delivered with sincerity from the king of '80s romantic pop — who gave life to the timeless love-song classics "Endless Love," "Still" and "Three Times A Lady."

Roy Orbison , "Oh, Pretty Woman"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, 1991

Orbison captures the essence of encountering a lovely woman for the first time, and offers helpful one-liners such as "No one could look as good as you" and "I couldn't help but see … you look as lovely as can be." Single men, take notes.

Whitney Houston , "I Will Always Love You"

Record Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, 1994

Houston passionately delivers a message of love, remembrance and forgiveness on her version of this song, which was written by country sweetheart Dolly Parton and first nominated for a GRAMMY in 1982.

Celine Dion , "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)"  

Record Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, 1999

This omnipresent theme song from the 1997 film Titanic was propelled to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 as the story of Jack and Rose (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and GRAMMY winner Kate Winslet) swept the country.

Shania Twain , "You're Still The One"

Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Song, 1999

Co-written with producer and then-husband Mutt Lange, Twain speaks of beating the odds with love and perseverance in lyrics such as, "I'm so glad we made it/Look how far we've come my baby," offering a fresh coat of optimism for couples of all ages.

Usher & Alicia Keys , "My Boo"

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, 2005

"There's always that one person that will always have your heart," sings Usher in this duet with Keys, taking the listener back to that special first love. The chemistry between the longtime friends makes this ode to “My Boo” even more heartfelt, and the love was still palpable even 20 years later when they performed it on the Super Bowl halftime show stage.

Bruno Mars , "Just The Way You Are"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 2011

Dating advice from Bruno Mars: If you think someone is beautiful, you should tell them every day. Whether or not it got Mars a date for Valentine's Day, it did get him a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona , "Fool For You" 

Best Traditional R&B Performance, 2012

It's a far cry from his previous GRAMMY-winning song, "F*** You," but "Fool For You" had us yearning for "that deep, that burning/ That amazing unconditional, inseparable love."

Justin Timberlake , "Pusher Love Girl" 

Best R&B Song, 2014

Timberlake is so high on the love drug he's "on the ceiling, baby." Timberlake co-wrote the track with James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon and Timbaland, and it's featured on his 2013 album The 20/20 Experience , which flew high to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Beyoncé & Jay-Z , "Drunk In Love"

Best R&B Performance / Best R&B Song, 2015

While "Drunk In Love" wasn't the first love song that won Beyoncé and Jay-Z a GRAMMY — they won two GRAMMYs for "Crazy In Love" in 2004 — it is certainly the sexiest. This quintessential 2010s bop from one of music's most formidable couples captures why their alliance set the world's hearts aflame (and so did their steamy GRAMMYs performance of it).

Ed Sheeran , "Thinking Out Loud"

Song Of The Year / Best Pop Solo Performance, 2016

Along with his abundant talent, Sheeran's boy-next-door charm is what rocketed him to the top of the pop ranks. And with swooning lyrics and a waltzing melody, "Thinking Out Loud" is proof that he's a modern-day monarch of the love song.

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper , "Shallow"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance / Best Song Written For Visual Media, 2019

A Star is Born 's cachet has gone up and down with its various remakes, but the 2018 iteration was a smash hit. Not only is that thanks to moving performances from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, but particularly thanks to their impassioned, belt-along duet "Shallow."

H.E.R. & Daniel Caesar , "Best Part"

Best R&B Performance, 2019

"If life is a movie/ Know you're the best part." Who among us besotted hasn't felt their emotions so widescreen, so thunderous? Clearly, H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar have — and they poured that feeling into the GRAMMY-winning ballad "Best Part."

Kacey Musgraves , "Butterflies"

Best Country Solo Performance, 2019

As Musgraves' Album Of The Year-winning LP Golden Hour shows, the country-pop star can zoom in or out at will, capturing numberless truths about the human experience. With its starry-eyed lyrics and swirling production, "Butterflies" perfectly encapsulates the flutter in your stomach that love can often spark.

Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber , "10,000 Hours"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance, 2021

When country hook-meisters Dan + Shay teamed up with pop phenom Justin Bieber, their love song powers were unstoppable. With more than 1 billion Spotify streams alone, "10,000 Hours" has become far more than an ode to just their respective wives; it's an anthem for any lover.

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2023 In Review: 5 Trends That Defined Pop Music

From massive world stages to hilarious TikTok trends, pop music was all about the fun in 2023 — which led to huge hits and pop culture moments alike.

There's arguably only one way to sum up pop music in 2023: it belonged to the women.

Whether SZA or Olivia Rodrigo were revealing the cracks in their relationships through catchy hooks, or Taylor Swift was taking over stadiums around the globe, female artists dominated genre charts and trends. And even a fictional female figure helped spawn some of the year's biggest pop tracks.  

It was also a big year for legends and classic hits; pop mainstays showed just why they became superstars in the first place, and TikTok helped resurface some pop songs of old.

Below, take a deeper dive into some of 2023's biggest moments in pop.

Ex-Lovers Were Called Out

Nothing burns more than a woman scorned. This year, pop stars and rising artists were both shameless in calling out their exes for their wrongdoings.

One of the biggest moments came courtesy of SZA. The artist is known for wearing her heart on her sleeve, and SOS album highlight "Kill Bill" was a buffet of toxic "what if" scenarios. The singer let jealousy overcome her emotions as she couldn't stand to see her ex-lover move on: "I might kill my ex, I still love him though/ Rather be in jail than alone." On a similar note, Olivia Rodrigo's "vampire" finds the pop star tapping into a new level of fury. The lead single from her sophomore album, GUTS , "vampire" shoots bloody daggers at a manipulative boyfriend.

But it wasn't all about vengeance. In Miley Cyrus ' case, her best form of revenge came in the form of forgiveness. Her "Flowers" anthem was thought to be inspired by Cyrus' divorce from Liam Hemsworth, but its messaging is relatable to anyone who had to learn how to move on from a broken heart. "I can take myself dancing and I can hold my own hand/ I can love me better than you can," Cyrus assures.

All three singles topped the Billboard Hot 100 this year, marking SZA's first solo No. 1, Cyrus' first in a decade and Rodrigo's first from her new album era. The singles also all earned 2024 GRAMMY nominations for both Song Of The Year (alongside Billie Eilish 's "What Was I Made For?", Dua Lipa 's "Dance the Night", Jon Batiste 's "Butterfly", Lana Del Rey 's "A&W" and Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero") and Record Of The Year (next to Billie Eilish's What Was I Made For?", Boygenius' "Not Strong Enough", Jon Batiste's "Worship", Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" and Victoria Monét' s "On My Mama"). 

Rising stars also joined in on the fun. After Tate McRae scored her biggest hit to date with the playful “greedy,” she delivered a fiery kiss-off anthem with “exes.” Elsewhere, Benee called her ex a "waste of f—king time" on the rowdy "Green Honda," British singer Mae Stephens contemplated all of her options on "If We Ever Broke Up," RAYE brooded over "dumb decisions" and booze on "Escapism," and Los Angeles alt-pop singer Leah Kate 's jam-packed her debut album Super Over with advice on cutting off toxic relationships .

Classic Songs Made A TikTok Resurgence

TikTok has proved its social media dominance over the past few years. But aside from pop's new generation enjoying viral success, the genre's OGs also found their classic hits reborn.

Colbie Caillat 's "Bubbly" single warmed our hearts when it debuted in 2007, and in true Gen Z fashion, it reemerged thanks to a meme trend. TikTok users placed the song over high-energy performance videos like those of Travis Scott , Justin Bieber and Tyler, The Creator which made for a hilarious juxtaposition. Caillat kept the momentum by making TikTok duets and even sharing an acoustic version of the song on her YouTube page.

Bridgit Mendler's 2013 single "Hurricane" also got a second wind for its 10th anniversary where female users placed it over humorous self-deprecating videos about being delusional over men. Jessie J 's 2011 "Price Tag" hit sparked a dance trend with a sped-up version of the song and Lana Del Rey's "Radio" (a deep cut from 2012's Born To Die debut) inspired users to make videos that showcased how "sweet like cinnamon" their lives are.

Career-Spanning Tours Took Over The World

What better way to celebrate a decorated career than with a massive tour? Pop stars from all corners of the genre commemorated their many years (or in some cases, decades) in the music industry by going down memory lane with their fans worldwide.

The most notable trek was, of course, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour , which kicked off on March 17 and will conclude on Dec. 8, 2024. The pop star — who is arguably bigger than she's ever been, nearly 20 years into her career — used the stadium tour to pay homage to her extensive discography with a nonstop three-hour spectacle. Swift's impact quickly made history: the Eras Tour surpassed $1 billion in revenue in early December, already making it the highest-grossing music tour of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Its accompanying concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour , also became the highest-grossing concert film of all time with $250 million earned globally as of press time.

But Swift wasn't the only star celebrating their music milestones on the road. After a thrilling reunion in 2019, the Jonas Brothers continued to shock fans with what's possibly the most challenging tour of their career. Titled "Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour," the trio featured their entire discography in a set list that included over 60 songs. 

Another artist who rode the ambitious train was Madonna . The pop icon's Celebration Tour was, well, a celebration of a genre-defining career spanning over four decades. Kicking off in October in London, the tour features a retrospective setlist that is a treat for diehard fans, featuring singles she hasn't performed live in decades including 1990's "Justify My Love," 1998's "Nothing Really Matters" and 2002's "Die Another Day."

On the pop-rock end, The Maine's "Sweet Sixteen Tour" highlighted the band's growth over the past 16 years through nine albums, while Boys Like Girls ' anchored their comeback after an 11-year hiatus with the North American Speaking Our Language Tour.

Movies Had Major Music Moments

While music has long been a driving force in films, this year saw the pairing excitedly take over pop culture. Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie notably had the world seeing pink, with the iconic doll infiltrating everything from fashion to real estate.

Not surprisingly, the accompanying soundtrack was a pop-filled joyride. Featuring production from pop mastermind Mark Ronson, the 17-song Barbie: The Album featured the likes of Lizzo , Charli XCX , PinkPantheress , Sam Smith , GAYLE and FIFTY FIFTY. But perhaps most notably, the album dominated the Best Song Written For Visual Media category at the 2024 GRAMMYs: Dua Lipa's disco-laced "Dance The Night," Ryan Gosling's TikTok-trending "I'm Just Ken," Ice Spice 's and Nicki Minaj 's sparkly collaboration "Barbie World," and Billie Eilish's gripping ballad "What Was I Made For?" compete with Rihanna 's Black Panther hit "Lift Me Up."

The year also called for reunions and revivals, with the biggest shock arguably belonging to NSYNC . Many fans were impatiently waiting for the boys to make a return, and they did so with "Better Place." The Trolls soundtrack highlight marked the boy band's first song after a two-decade-long music hiatus (which was accompanied by an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards, where they presented with Best Pop Video). Under the sea, Halle Bailey refreshed a Disney classic with The Little Mermaid live-action reimagining, while the nostalgia train continued with movie musicals Wonka and Mean Girls (out in January).

Pop Titans Were Inescapable

Thanks to social media, it may seem like Gen Z artists have overthrown their elder pop counterparts. But make no mistake, the veterans are showing they aren't so easily shakeable.

This year, many preserved their legacies through various mediums. Taylor Swift wasn't the only superstar proving her staying power on the road (and in stadiums); Beyoncé 's Renaissance World Tour cemented her legendary status as the highest-grossing tour by a Black artist, while Ed Sheeran 's The Mathematics Tour broke attendance records worldwide.

Adele and Usher ruled Sin City with their Las Vegas residencies, with the latter set to perform at the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show. The pop titans even showed their dominance on television, with Kelly Clarkson (who also had a Vegas stint) and Jennifer Hudson gaining a new audience with their respective talk shows.

After a year filled with viral moments and comebacks, we're eager to see how artists will continue to uplift pop music in 2024.

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How Skrillex & Fred Again.. Became Dance Music's Favorite Friendship: A Timeline

Before they both play Ill Points in Miami this October, journey back through the highlights of Skrillex and Fred again..'s party-starting bromance.

Few friendships in dance music have burned as brightly as the bromance between Fred Gibson, aka Fred again.. , and Sonny Moore, a.k.a. Skrillex . In a few short years, the English phenom and Los Angeles-born bass don have forged a dynamic bond as DJ partners, co-producers, and mutual muses.

Brought together as fellow Ed Sheeran collaborators, their partnership went legit on "Rumble," an instant wobbly-bass classic featuring grime MC Flowdan, which Fred teased in his star-making 2022 Boiler Room set. Mere months after "Rumble" officially dropped that January, they closed Coachella with a historic set alongside their buddy and studio secret weapon Four Tet. 

Alongside all the music and viral moments, the friendship has clearly given Skrillex — a producer always looking for his next musical evolution — a new lease on life. 

After a pinch-yourself start to the year that also included a sold-out show with Four Tet at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Skrillex and Fred again.. will meet again this October at Ill Points in Miami. While billed separately, there’s no keeping these two apart. With much more expected from this superstar pairing, we’re taking a look back through their friendship so far. 

2019: Before his breakthrough as a solo artist, Fred again.. earned his stripes as a producer for U.K. grime acts like Headie One, Stormzy and AJ Tracey, and pop stadium-filler Ed Sheeran. While hailing from different sides of the Atlantic, he and Skrillex were destined to meet some day. 

Returning as a producer on Sheeran’s 2019 album, No.6 Collaborations Project , Fred again.. intersected with Skrillex (and producer/engineer Kenny Beats) on "Take Me Back to London," featuring Stormzy. Fusing pop hooks with grime swagger, the song hinted at the crisp basslines and drums to come from future Skrillex/Fred team-ups. 

In this period, Fred played Skrillex an early iteration of "Rumble," which he’d been trading back and forth with Flowdan. "The first time I ever met Sonny, I played him the first version we had," Fred recalled in an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders.

Skrillex requested the "stems" (the individual isolated parts of a recording) and made a version that he worried missed the mark. "I didn’t like it," he also told Saunders. "I thought I ruined the song." He and Fred tweaked the elements until it  clicked — and their friendship was born.

2021: With COVID-19 keeping artists grounded, Fred again.. released Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) , a collection of achingly personal electronic elegies that cemented his signature sound.

He followed it later that year with Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021) , which explored themes of grief and catharsis through a collage of electronic production, samples and audio clips from the producer’s "actual life." Skrillex, meanwhile, kicked off the year by releasing his collaboration with Four Tet and Starrah, "Butterflies," setting the stage for more transatlantic collaborations. 

June 2022: To kick off summer, fast friends Skrillex and Fred again.. rented a house in the idyllic English village of Pangbourne to work on new music. As Skrillex recalled on Instagram, he had an album to finish, while Fred again.. was finalising music for his then-imminent Boiler Room debut. Four Tet agreed to come and hang out for a bit, bringing his toothbrush just in case he was compelled to stay. As Skrillex put it on Instagram, "This moment marked the birth of the Pangbourne House Mafia."

July 2022: When Fred again.. rolled up to his Boiler Room debut in London, no one could’ve predicted the energy to come. Surrounded on all sides by sweaty, screaming admirers, the producer blazed through a hybrid DJ-live set that blended house, U.K. garage, grime, drum & bass, and pop.

He also used the set to preview a few of his collaborations with Skrillex, including "Rumble," which sent fans clamouring for clues online. The Boiler Room session blew up on YouTube (where it now has 22 million views), catapulting Fred again.. and his to-be-released collaborations to a whole new level. 

October 2022: While promoting his third album, Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) , Fred again.. sat down for an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe at Skrillex’s house in Los Angeles. "We’ve done a home swap at the moment," the producer told Lowe, "so he’s staying at mine in London and I’m at his in L.A." Now, that’s true friendship.

January 2023: After making fans wait, Skrillex and Fred again.. Kicked off the year with a bang and finally released "Rumble" via Skrillex’s OWSLA label. The pair also grabbed Four Tet for a surprise back-to-back-to-back DJ set at London’s Electric Ballroom, which featured a whirlwind of new and unreleased music. What started as a one-off show rolled into three extremely sold-out nights at different venues, with the trio of DJs clearly having the time of their lives.

February 2023: In a career-defining month, Skrillex released his much-anticipated album Quest for Fire , which featured collaborators like Porter Robinson, Missy Elliot , Mr Oizo, Bobby Raps, and — of course — Fred again.. and Four Tet. To celebrate the release, the "Pangbourne House Mafia" casually announced a show at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, which sold out within three minutes. To warm up, the trio created pandemonium with an impromptu DJ set in Times Square, where they trialled some new edits ahead of the big show.

April 2023: After selling out Madison Square Garden without breaking a sweat, and releasing team-up track, "Baby again.." in March, the unlikely supergroup of Fred, Skrillex and Four Tet went looking for the next high.

As it happened, that opportunity came on the second weekend of Coachella. With Frank Ocean relinquishing his Sunday headlining spot after a divisive weekend performance, the festival left a tantalizing TBA in the final slot. Before long, the cat was out of the bag, and dance music’s new favorite trio were headed to the desert with memeable merch bearing the slogan, OMG TBA.

"I didn’t think I was gonna be back with my brothers like this for a longgggg time," Fred again.. wrote on Instagram . "Until last night. And here we are." 

Appearing on a circular stage deep in the crowd, the DJs closed down Coachella with the excitement of three friends who couldn’t quite believe their luck. 

June 2023: With the members of the "Pangbourne House Mafia" returning to life as solo artists after Coachella, Fred again.. announced a three-night run at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium in October, followed by Ill Points in Miami, and then eight shows at Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles. With LA being Skrillex’s hometown, the two producers are sure to cook up something new - after, this is one friendship with a lot more to give.

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ED SHEERAN ANNOUNCES 2023 NORTH AMERICAN STADIUM TOUR - SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 AT U.S. BANK STADIUM

Monday | oct. 3 , 2022.

ED SHEERAN ANNOUNCES

NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF

 “+ - = ÷ x TOUR”

(PRONOUNCED “THE MATHEMATICS TOUR”)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 AT U.S. BANK STADIUM

FIRST STATESIDE TREK IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS

GENERAL ON-SALE STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT 10AM CT

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning, global superstar Ed Sheeran has announced details for the North American leg of his “+ - = ÷ x Tour” (pronounced “The Mathematics Tour”), hitting stadiums across the continent for the first time since his history-making “Divide Tour” in 2018, which officially became the most-attended and highest-grossing tour of all time by its completion.  Main support on a majority of the dates comes from multi-platinum artist Khalid (May 6th-September 2nd) with rapper/singer-songwriter Russ rounding out the tour (September 9th-23rd); Dylan, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters, and Rosa Linn alternate as first of three. Sheeran recently wrapped the UK/European leg of the “+ - = ÷ x Tour,” performing in front of over 3 million people in 6 months and highlighted by a five-night stand at London’s Wembley Stadium. 

To herald the news of his upcoming tour, Sheeran is set to make a pair of high profile, national television appearances.  The acclaimed singer-songwriter has a very special performance planned for CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on October 13th, followed by ABC’s “Good Morning America” on October 14th.    

“+ - = ÷ x Tour” is the first major trek to support “=,” Sheeran’s latest full length album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 upon its 2021 release, becoming his fourth consecutive album to top the chart.  The fourth installment of Sheeran’s symbol album series, “=” is highlighted by its GRAMMY®-nominated lead single “Bad Habits,” which was up for “Song of the Year” at the 64th Annual GRAMMY® Awards earlier this year, and its follow-up smash “Shivers.”  

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Ed Sheeran + - = ÷ X Tour 2023

JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS MAISIE PETERS (ALL SHOWS), BUDJERAH (AU ONLY) & KAYLEE BELL (NZ ONLY) Superstar Ed Sheeran is set to return to Australia  and New Zealand in February/March 2023 for a massive run of stadium shows as part of his + - = ÷ x Tour (pronounced ‘The Mathematics Tour’). It will be Ed’s first tour down under since his record breaking 2018 Divide Tour, which saw Ed smash the record of the highest selling tour in history, with a phenomenal 1,006,387 tickets sold across Australia and New Zealand alone. Ed’s 2023 tour will see him performing at our most iconic stadiums in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. Fans will be treated to an array of tracks off his latest album ‘=’ plus hits from across his career. 

SHOW CANCELLED Frontier Touring regret to advise that due to on-going uncertainties affecting a number of different variables with global touring, the first show of the New Zealand leg of Ed Sheeran’s + - = ÷ x Tour scheduled for Wednesday 1 February at Sky Stadium, is no longer going to be able to go ahead as planned. Tickets purchased online by credit or debit card (including Afterpay) will be refunded in full by Ticketek (including ticket insurance premium, if relevant). Patrons should allow up to 30 working days for the refund to appear in their account, the majority of refunds will be processed within 7 days. There is no need to contact Ticketek. Ticketholders also will receive an email from Ticketek on Monday 19 September explaining their options.

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Ed Sheeran's heartfelt emotions resonate at stadium, theater shows: 'You'll be quite sad'

PHILADELPHIA – You could call it a tale of two Eds, but regardless if he’s baring his heart to a theater of 3,500 or scampering around a rotating platform for a stadium crowd of 70,000, he’s still the same Ed Sheeran .

A sincere, talented fellow. A solo conqueror. A songwriter capable of penning swoony love ballads that could be their own category (Ed Sheeran’s Songs For First Dances At Weddings) and plucky pop songs alike.

In the past 16 months, Sheeran, 32, faced challenging life events – death, illness, and legal annoyances. He channeled his churning emotions into his sixth album, “Subtract,” the last in his “mathematics” series of releases, and is dotting his sold-out stadium run – also called the Mathematics Tour - with a few of the less somber offerings.

But in some markets, Sheeran is spotlighting his most emotionally significant work to date with an intimate theater gathering the night before his stadium spectacle.

In Philadelphia Friday, Sheeran corralled his five-piece band and a six-piece string section to unspool the 14 sensitive tracks on “Subtract” in running order. Almost exactly 24 hours later, Sheeran regaled his devotees packed into Lincoln Financial Field with a 27-song dazzler of a career overview, with his band joining him for portions of the show.

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His Goliath of a stadium concert is an in-the-round production that makes excellent use of kaleidoscopic colors, tilted light towers adorned with guitar picks that serve as video screens, and a spinning platform that allows Sheeran to play to all sides of the stadium while accumulating marathon-level mileage on his color-spackled sneakers.

The opening blast of “Tides” and “Blow” included rockets of pyrotechnics for Sheeran to dodge as he excitedly loped around the moving stage. Fans know that a hallmark of his shows is the use of looping pedals on which Sheeran creates all of the beats and backing vocals live (he enlisted a band for parts of his concerts starting in 2021).

On Saturday, he crafted a thundering cadence behind “I’m a Mess” before banging the body of his guitar to create the backdrops that gave “Shivers” its lustful bounce and “Castle on the Hill” a swooshing rhythm.

Some hits, such as the otherwise slight “Overpass Graffiti” and the pedestrian toe-tapper that became a smash for Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself,” flourished in a live setting, where Sheeran’s boyish charm could resonate.

Sheeran briefly told the crowd about the death of his best friend, Jamal Edwards, as the inspiration behind his heart-tugging hit, “Eyes Closed,” and shared that the sparse “Boat” was the first song he wrote for “Subtract.” But he primarily focused on the singalongs – a spirited “Galway Girl” and typically dreamy “Thinking Out Loud” among them ‒ having relegated his emotional exhaustion to Friday’s show.

‘An album that is not meant to be played in stadiums’

At that relatively cozy gathering at The Met, Sheeran spilled his heart as he paced the stage between songs while telling anecdotes about Edwards and his wife Cherry Seaborn, who was diagnosed with a tumor the week before Edwards’ untimely death.

This was the setting best suited to the pensive ruminations on “Subtract,” and playing the album straight through allowed the painful story of Sheeran’s 2022 to unfold as intended.

Though the ever self-deprecating Sheeran joked several times about the subdued coloring of the songs – “For the first half of this gig, you’ll be quite sad,” he said with a sheepish smile about his album “not meant to be played in stadiums” – most in the sold-out crowd responded with the reverence the music deserved.

Usually clasping his guitar with eyes scrunched closed under his artfully mussed hair, Sheeran powered through “Salt Water,” “End of Youth” and “Dusty” and spoke openly about drinking himself “into oblivion” and crying himself to sleep during his most trying weeks.

On “Borderline,” Sheeran’s voice settled into its upper range as he ditched his guitar to clasp the microphone with both hands, his emotion palpable.

Following the closing tracks from “Subtract” with a story about the struggles of 2022 strengthening his marriage to Seaborn (“No Strings”) and how he wrote "The Hills of Aberfeldy" – its final verse sung in a capella beauty – for the original version of “Subtract” in 2012, Sheeran dipped into a “happy hour” set of hits.

Armed again with just his guitar and trusty looping technology, Sheeran sated fans who wanted to sing along with “The A Team,” “Shivers” and “Shape of You” among other radio fodder.

But Sheeran’s admission earlier in the show that, “This is all part of the process for me,” reverberated hardest. Grief, he said, is one of the things you live with, like a book on a shelf.

The duality of his performances proved that whether reflecting in a warmhearted environment or romping around a colossal stage under a shower of fireworks, music is the most accessible therapy.

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Ed Sheeran’s 10-year anniversary show: Where to buy tickets to concert in New York

• Updated: May. 07, 2024, 4:52 p.m. |
• Published: May. 07, 2024, 4:52 p.m.
• Ariana Tourangeau | [email protected]

Ed Sheeran brings a special show to New York this month to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of his album “X (Multiply).”

The one night only show will be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 22. Fans looking to see Ed Sheeran in this special concert can shop for tickets using StubHub , VividSeats and SeatGeek .

As of Tuesday, May 7, the cheapest tickets to the show in Brooklyn are $143 on StubHub, $136 on VividSeats and $144 on SeatGeek.

• New customers who purchase tickets through VividSeats can get $20 off a $200+ ticket order by using the promo code MassLive20 at checkout.

It’s been 10 years since Multiply was released. The album was made from 2011 to 2014 and spanned Sheeran’s whole personal life through that time, which was a “mad time,” according to the post on Ed Sheeran’s Instagram.

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“Going from playing pubs and clubs to selling arenas in those years, falling in and out of love, traveling all round the world, working with some of the best producers in the world, it was a real rollercoaster, and it’s been amazing to revisit all the memories. Can’t wait to experience the multiply show with you, and remember some amazing moments over this summer together.”

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Sheeran will also release a special 10th-anniversary edition of x on June 21 along with merch. The album will also feature nine bonus tracks outside the album’s original 12 tracks, including “I See Fire” from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and “All of the Stars” from The Fault in Our Stars.

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Ed Sheeran Announces Brooklyn Anniversary Show to Celebrate 10 Years of 'X': 'Feels Wild'

Sheeran will perform a one-night only show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 22

Ed Sheeran found the perfect way to commemorate 10 years of x .

The "Bad Habits" singer, 33, is celebrating the anniversary of his sophomore album with a special, one-night-only show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 22.

The setlist for Sheeran's concert will reflect the album's Wembley Edition — a live recording version from 2015. For the show, he's partnering with ticketing service Seated to ensure that his fans are able to get tickets.

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Registration for the show opened on Wednesday, May 1 and will continue until Thursday, May 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The general on-sale will begin for selected fans on Monday, May 6 at 10 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster.

In addition to the gig, Sheeran will release a special 10th-anniversary edition of x on June 21, 2024 — 10 years to the date of its initial release in 2014. It will also feature nine bonus tracks outside the album's original 12 tracks, including " I See Fire " from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and "All of the Stars" from The Fault in Our Stars .

The "Don't" singer posted to Instagram on Wednesday, May 1, to share news of the 10th anniversary edition and merch with his followers.

In the video, multiple versions of Sheeran can be seen doing various tasks — playing guitar, ironing merch, and eating cake — while wearing black hoodies featuring the album's signature green "x" design as Sheeran's song "Sing" plays in the background. During the clip, one version of the pop artist approaches the camera to let fans know that his 10th anniversary merch is coming soon.

Since its initial release in 2014, the album—also known as 'Multiply' — has had more than 22 million in global sales. "Thinking Out Loud" earned Sheeran Grammy awards for best pop solo performance and song of the year in 2015. The song also peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 2015.

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In the caption of the post, the singer reflected on the making of the album and the period in his life that gave it its genesis.

"10th anniversary of Multiply this year, which feels wild but also a lot has happened in that 10 years. This album was made from 2011 - 2014, and spanned my whole personal life through that time, which was a mad time," Sheeran wrote.

He continued: "Going from playing pubs and clubs to selling arenas in those years, falling in and out of love, travelling all round the world, working with some of the best producers in the world, it was a real rollercoaster, and it’s been amazing to revisit all the memories."

Sheeran told fans he "can’t wait to experience the multiply show" with them "and remember some amazing moments over this summer together."

"Multiply anniversary show is on 22nd May at Barclays Center New York. Tickets on sale 6th May, sign up via link in bio. Album & merch available now to pre-order, out 21st June x," he concluded.

Sheeran released x in 2014 when he was just 23. Featuring now-hit songs like "Photograph" and "Thinking Out Loud," the album quickly helped to launch the budding new artist into global superstardom.

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Russians are so desperate to see Western pop stars, they are paying to go on 'concert vacations' abroad

• A Russian tour operator is offering concert-themed package vacations.
• Russian fans can pay to see pop stars like Ed Sheeran and James Blunt in Europe.
• The company has sold 150 concert vacations since last year, according to The Telegraph.

Western pop stars have largely boycotted Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Russian music fans, however, appear to be so desperate to see their favorite artists that they are paying thousands to go on "concert vacations" abroad.

Tour operator Russian Express has seen large demand for its concert-themed vacation packages, according to The Telegraph. The packages include the chance to see Ed Sheeran in Zagreb , Croatia, and James Blunt in Dubai.

A spokesperson for the operator told The Telegraph that it had sold 150 concert vacations since it launched its packages in the fall of last year. The spokesperson said these kinds of vacations are "consistently popular" and that it selects artists that appear to both "young people and the older generations."

"Imagine Dragons and Snoop Dog are the choice of young people. Scorpions and Rammstein are the choice of older people," the spokesperson told The Telegraph.

One of the packages — a five-day trip to see Ed Sheeran perform in Belgrade, Serbia, in August — costs around $1,123.

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Sheeran, who last performed in Moscow in 2019, has publicly expressed his support for Ukraine and performed at the Concert for Ukraine fundraiser in 2022.

"Western superstars don't perform in Moscow anymore," Jonny Tickle, a British man living in Moscow, wrote on X. "As a result, some companies have set up travel packages including flights, accommodation, and concert tickets for Russians who want to watch their favourite singers like Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Adele.'"

Tickle also posted ads by Moscow-based radio station Europa Plus, which is running a competition called " Live Tour 2024 ." Prizes include packages to see Adele in Munich, Coldplay in Budapest, and Taylor Swift in Vienna.

In 2021, Coldplay's bassist Guy Berryman wrote on X that the band would "for sure" want to perform in Russia after a fan asked if there was anywhere he would like to play that he hadn't visited.

However, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Coldplay didn't include Russia dates on its tour.

In 2022, Coldplay invited Svyatoslav Vakarchuk , lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy, onstage at their show in Brussels.

"We are at war. I want you to know we are fighting not only for Ukraine, we are fighting for world peace, freedom, and democracy," Vakarchuk said in a video of the concert posted to X.

Russian Express and Europa Plus did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Ed Sheeran's 2 Daughters: All About Lyra and Jupiter

Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn have two kids

Ed Sheeran is loving life as a father of two.

The "Bad Habits" singer and his wife, Cherry Seaborn , welcomed their first daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, in August 2020, and the musician has been open about how much his lifestyle has changed since becoming a dad.

"Well, I became a dad and I feel like my lifestyle shift has changed. Instead of going to bed at six [a.m.], I'm getting up at four," he told James Corden on The Late Late Show in June 2021, noting that his daughter added some structure to his routine.

"It just feels like what life was meant to be. It's great," he continued. "I'm healthier than I've ever been. I'm exercising every day ... I'm spending so much time at home making the record. Yeah, I feel like a human being. It's good."

Sheeran's foray into parenthood also brought him closer to his own parents, Imogen and John Sheeran. "The relationship that I had with my parents has completely changed from like, it was amazing before, but now it's just like there's this eternal gratefulness and respect of being like, I know what they went through and I'm still kind of like, going through it," he told Zane Lowe on New Music Daily .

In May 2022, the artist announced that he and Seaborn's family had expanded again with the birth of their second daughter, Jupiter — though they kept her name private at the time. But it wasn't until March 2023, when announcing his new album, Subtract , that Sheeran shared a scary detail about Seaborn's pregnancy.

" My pregnant wife got told she had a tumour , with no route to treatment until after the birth," he said in a press release.

Sheeran hasn't divulged many details about his children — he's never posted a photo of either of his girls and asked fans for "privacy" after his first daughter was born. However, he has been very open about how parenthood has impacted his perspective.

In May 2024, Sheeran said that he's been playing the new music he's working on with Lyra and Jupiter, and so far, they're fans — though they don't have much of an opportunity to listen to his older music around the house.

“I feel it'd be quite weird to just put on my discography, so they mostly know the new songs that I'm working on because I play them quite a lot,” he told PEOPLE.

Keep scrolling to learn more about Ed Sheeran's two children.

Lyra Antarctica, 3

Lyra was born in August 2020 in England. Sheeran revealed the exciting news on Instagram on September 1. "Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter — Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran," he wrote beside a cute photo of tiny socks and a baby blanket. "We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here."

Nearly a year later, in July 2021, the singer explained how he and Seaborn picked their now-2-year-old child's name on the British talk show Lorraine . "I realize some people think it's quite a strange name," he said. "But my wife's called Cherry, and she is the only Cherry that I've ever met and I think that she's the only Cherry that she's ever met and I quite like that. In my class at school, there were probably more Eds … [We] just wanted to give her a name that was unique, so that she would be the only one [with that name]."

Sheeran shared a sweet tribute to his first child as a lullaby on his fourth studio album called "Visiting Hours." "There's a song on there that's specifically for Lyra, that's just a lullaby," he said during an interview with Fleur East on The Hits Radio Breakfast Show . "I wanted to have at least one song where people were like 'Oh, and that's for his daughter.' "

The song is also an ode to his friend Michael, who passed away the same year. "I wish that heaven had visiting hours/So I could just show up and bring the news/That she's gettin' older and I wish that you'd met her/The things that she'll learn from me, I got them all from you," Sheeran sings.

"But now I'm kind of in a difficult situation if I ever have more kids cause they'll be like 'Where's mine? Where's my song?' " he added while talking about the song. Not to worry, because he wrote one for his and Seaborn's most recent addition too!

In October 2022, Sheeran made an appearance on Good Morning America and explained that Lyra understands her dad's career — to an extent. "My first daughter is, you know, she comes to the shows and she's quite aware — I think she assumes everyone else's dad sings as well though."

During a concert in Brooklyn, New York, Sheeran shared that his song "Dusty" was inspired by his morning routine with Lyra . Every day, the father-daughter duo listens to a different vinyl record while they eat breakfast.

"[I would] go to bed and cry myself to sleep and wake up at 6 [a.m.] with this ball of energy — this beautiful girl that's jumping on me and being like, 'Let's listen to music and eat porridge!' and I'm like 'Yes, that's exactly what I want to do,' " he told the crowd, referencing grieving the loss of his best friend, Jamal. "That's the wonderful thing about children; they can really lift your spirits in times like that."

Sheeran and Seaborn's second child, Jupiter, was born in May 2022. He once again shared the happy news on Instagram on May 19 alongside a photo of socks and a crocheted blanket, writing, "We've had another beautiful baby girl. We are both so in love with her, and over the moon to be a family of 4." However at the time, the parents did not share their daughter's name.

In March 2023, Sheeran revealed her name, Jupiter , in his Rolling Stone cover story. He also shared that the couple considered welcoming their daughter into the world early after learning that Seaborn had a tumor. Ultimately, his wife carried the baby to term and underwent a "successful surgery" a month after giving birth.

While Sheeran has been extremely private about both of his children, he did share a touching tribute to his baby girl when he added the song "Welcome to the World" to his special Tour Edition of his album = . "Welcome to the world/I heard your heartbeat and lost every word/Just stood there quietly taking in the sound/Of our love," he sings.

The recording also includes a tender moment between Sheeran and Seaborn while she was pregnant with baby No. 2. "You got the kick?" he asks. "It just kicked!" she replies with a laugh.

In Sheeran's October 2022 appearance on Good Morning America, he mentioned that his second baby was born while he was on tour. He also opened up about being a father of two during an "Ask Me Anything" segment .

"Yeah, it's great, I mean it's like, it's kind of every cliche that people say about parenting you know, you love both kids exactly the same but also completely differently," he said, adding, "It's great, I'm really enjoying being a father of two."

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