New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Global superstar
Ed Sheeran has announced on his socials the support acts for his first-ever North American stadium tour. The cross country trek - which begins on August 18th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA - features special guests
Snow Patrol (direct support on all dates), Anne Marie (August-September), and Lauv (October-November). See attached itinerary for a complete list of shows and lineups.
Sheeran is in the midst of a worldwide stadium tour supporting his blockbuster 3rd album "÷" (pronounced "divide"). Earlier this week, he appeared on the 2018 Billboard
Music Awards, with a live performance from one of 3 sold out nights at Dublin's
Phoenix Park. That night, he also took home 6 awards - including Top Artist - after earning a field-leading 15 nominations.
In related news, Sheeran has teamed up with Twickets, the global fan-to-fan ticket marketplace, as a safe and secure place to buy or sell spare tickets for his upcoming North American tour. Twickets - Ed's preferred ticket resale partner for his current world tour - enables fans to ethically resell event tickets they can no longer use to other fans for no more than the face value of the original ticket, helping to combat the secondary ticketing market, where fans are continually having to pay inflated prices to see their favorite artist. For more information, please visit https://edsheeran.twickets.live/
current single "
Perfect" has already proven to be one of the year's biggest, holding the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks and now 4x-Platinum. The track marked Sheeran's second chart-topper on the Hot 100 - joining the 8x-Platinum, GRAMMY-winning "
Shape Of You" which was #1 for a remarkable 12 weeks - and made "÷" the only album of 2017 to have two of its singles top the Hot 100. "
Perfect" remains at #6 on the Hot AC radio chart this week, after topping the chart for ten weeks. The song additionally held the #1 spot at Top 40 radio for two weeks. "÷" - the biggest album of 2017, according to Nielsen
Music - entered the Billboard 200 at #1 and currently stands at #16, remarkably never leaving the Top 20 since it's March 2017 release.
