Cayla Masters
There is just no stopping Ed Sheeran.
On Wednesday, the “Shape of You” crooner announced that he will be hitting the road this summer to promote his freshly released third studio album.
Divide, which dropped last Friday is already well on its way to debuting at No. 1. The record received a highly impressive 56,727,861 streams in its first 24 hours and rapidly broke YouTube’s one billion views mark.
The singer-songwriter told Entertainment Weekly that Divide was written and recorded while touring and traveling, something which greatly influenced its content.
“I’ve always made my albums on the road. The road isn’t always happy. It’s not the most stable place for a relationship or a life,” he revealed. “There are some dark, dark moments on the album. My life isn’t like that now. Those songs were basically written a while back and I felt they should be on the album, because you can’t just have an album that’s all positive. It has to have light and shade.”
Sheeran’s North American tour kicks off June 29 in Kansas City and will run until early October, wrapping up in Nashville.
A special pre-sale for fans begins March 13 at 10 a.m. ET. Tickets go on sale to the public March 17.
Check out the full list of tour dates below.
6/29 — Kansas City, MO @ Spring Center
6/30 — Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
7/1 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
7/7 — Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
7/9 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
7/11 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
7/14 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
7/15 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
7/18 — Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
7/19 — Montreal, QC @Bell Centre
7/22 — Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
7/23 — Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
7/25 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
7/28 — Vancouver, BC @Rogers Arena
7/29 — Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
7/30 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
8/1 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
8/2 — Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
8/4 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
8/5 — Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
8/6 — San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center
8/10 — Los Angeles, CA @Staples Center
8/15 — Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
8/17 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
8/18 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
8/19 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
8/22 — San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
8/25 — Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
8/29 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
8/30 — Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
8/31 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
9/2 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
9/3 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
9/5 — Charleston, SC @North Charleston Coliseum
9/7 — Louisville, KY @ KFC YUM! Center
9/8 — Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9/9 — Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
9/12 — Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
9/15 — Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
9/17 — St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
9/19 — Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
9/22 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
9/26 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
9/27 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
9/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
9/30 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/3 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
10/6 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
