Sheeran wraps up Divide tour with hometown return

Ed Sheeran plays the final shows of record-breaking mega tour Divide in his hometown of Ipswich, UK

News By | 23 August 2019

Sheeran played two shows in Leeds, UK, before heading home

Ending where it all began, Ed Sheeran is performing the final concerts of his record-breaking ÷ (Divide) tour in his hometown of Ipswich, UK.

After spending 893 days on the road, performing at 166 venues in 43 countries and breaking attendance records in Iceland, Finland and South Africa, the end of Sheeran’s Divide tour – the highest grossing concert tour ever – is finally in sight.

Sheeran is closing the tour with four homecoming gigs at a specially erected 40,000-capacity arena in Chantry Park, Ipswich,…

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