IQ Tour of the Year 2022: Ed Sheeran + – = ÷ x

Derek Robertson speaks to some of the dedicated army of professionals who are helping Ed Sheeran realise his artistic ambitions on his Mathematics tour

Ed Sheeran's Mathematics tour
Sheeran's Mathematics tour wowed the crowds in Cardiff © Zakary Walters

It’s 8.29 pm at Dublin’s Croke Park, 23 April 2022. The sense of anticipation among the 82,000 fans present – here to see Ed Sheeran kick off his fourth world tour, the +–=÷× Tour (AKA the…

Mathematics Tour) – is building to fever pitch; a giant red and yellow screen in front of the stage has been displaying a ten-minute count down, and there’s just one minute to go.

When it hits zero, the screens go up and Sheeran launches into Tide,…

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