Ed Sheeran To Kick Off Tour In KC

Global superstar ED SHEERAN has released his highly anticipated new album “÷” (pronounced divide). The album has become incredibly popular and includes the hit songs “Shape Of You” and “Castle On The Hill”. Sheeran has promoted the album through numerous performances including at The 59th Grammy Awards, CBS Sunday Morning, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and more.

Ed Sheeran will bring his music to the people with his 2017 North American Summer Tour. Sheeran announced a 46-city tour across the U.S. and Canada between June and October. The concert series launches June 29 in Kansas City.

A small number of presale tickets will be available at 10 a.m. local time on Monday, March 13. Fans must register here before for access. All tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster beginning Friday, March 17.

Sheeran’s third studio album has remained at that position for six weeks thus far. “Castle On The Hill” entered the same chart at No. 6, making Sheeran the first artist in Hot 100 history to achieve simultaneous top 10 single debuts.

June 29 || Kansas City, MO || Sprint Center
June 30 || Des Moines, IA || Wells Fargo Arena
July 1 || St. Paul, MN || Xcel Energy Center
July 7 || Toronto, ON || Air Canada Centre
July 9 || Buffalo, NY || KeyBank Center
July 11 || Philadelphia, PA || Wells Fargo Center
July 14 || Uncasville, CT || Mohegan Sun Arena
July 15 || Uncasville, CT || Mohegan Sun Arena
July 18 || Quebec City, QC || Videotron Centre
July 19 || Montreal, QC || Bell Centre
July 22 || Winnipeg, MB || MTS Centre
July 23 || Saskatoon, SK || SaskTel Centre
July 25 || Edmonton, AB || Rogers Place
July 28 || Vancouver, BC || Rogers Arena
July 29 || Tacoma, WA || Tacoma Dome
July 30 || Portland, OR || Mode Center
August 1 || Sacramento, CA || Golden 1 Center
August 2 || Oakland, CA || Oracle Arena
August 4 || Las Vegas, NV || T-Mobile Arena
August 5 || Glendale, AZ || Gila River Arena
August 6 || San Diego, CA || Valley View Casino Center
August 10 || Los Angeles, CA || Staples Center
August 15 || Denver, CO || Pepsi Center
August 17 || Tulsa, OK || BOK Center
August 18 || Dallas, TX || American Airlines Center
August 19 || Houston, TX || Toyota Center
August 22 || San Antonio, TX || AT&T Center
August 25 || Duluth, GA || Infinite Energy Center
August 29 || Tampa, FL || Amalie Center
August 30 || Miami, FL || American Airlines Arena
August 31 || Orlando, FL || Amway Center
September 2 || Raleigh, NC || PNC Arena
September 3 || Charlotte, NC || Spectrum Center
September 5 || Charleston, SC || North Charleston Center
September 7 || Louisville, KY || KFC YUM! Center
September 8 || Indianapolis, IN || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
September 9 || Cleveland, OH || Quicken Loans Arena
September 12 || Omaha, NE || CenturyLink Center
September 15 || Chicago, IL || Allstate Arena
September 17 || St. Louis, MO || Scottrade Center
September 19 || Washington, DC || Verizon Center
September 22 || Boston, MA || TD Garden
September 26 || Pittsburgh, PA || PPG Paints Arena
September 27 || Detroit, MI || Little Caesars Arena
September 29 || Brooklyn, NY || Barclays Center
September 30 || Brooklyn, NY || Barclays Center
October 3 || Columbus, OH || Nationwide Arena
October 6 || Nashville, TN || Bridgestone Arena

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Ed Sheeran – an 11-time GRAMMY nominee and multi-GRAMMY winner – has quickly establishedhimself as one of the world’s biggest musical artists with over 22 million albums sold and 4.7 billionSpotify streams. The British singer-songwriter’s second full length album ‘x’ (pronounced multiply) –released in 2014 – proved to be both a critical and commercial phenomenon. After debuting at #1 on theBillboard 200 upon its release, the album has since been certified 4x-Platinum in the US and earned twoGRAMMY nominations, including the prestigious “Album Of The Year.” Additionally, “x” spawned fourconsecutive multi-platinum singles in “Sing,” “Don’t,” “Photograph,” and his global smash and biggestsingle to date “Thinking Out Loud,” which marked his first #1 at Top 40 radio and won a pair of GRAMMYawards, including highly coveted “Song Of The Year.”

Furthermore, “x” was a global sensation reaching #1 on album charts in 14 countries including his nativeUnited Kingdom, and topping 95 iTunes charts across the globe. One of the planet’s most popular liveperformers, Ed has played sold out headline shows at some of the biggest venues around the world,including Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, Suncorp Stadium in Sydney, and at London’s WembleyStadium in front of 240,000 fans over 3 nights. Ed first broke through to the mainstream in 2012 with hisdebut album “+” (pronounced plus), which was a top 5 debut in the US and spent three weeks at #1 inthe UK. The 2x-Platinum “+” features “The A Team”, an international smash which earned Ed his firstGRAMMY nomination (“Song Of The Year”) and has been certified 3x-Platinum in the US.

Sheeran launched his own imprint, Gingerbread Man Records, in 2015, with the signing of fellow Britishsinger songwriter Jamie Lawson – whose self-titled album debuted at #1 in the UK – and Irishtroubadour Foy Vance.

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