Crunching Numbers: The formula behind Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour
After spending four years on the road with a mammoth production, the Ed Sheeran camp shares details of how they pulled it all together. Hanna Ellington reports.
Feature By IQ | 11 August 2025
Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour was the artist’s biggest and most ambitious outing. Selling over 8m tickets across 140 headline shows in 42 countries, the multi-year stadium campaign was designed during the uncertainty of the pandemic and came with an equally unprecedented set of production demands.
For the first time, Sheeran performed in-the- round, playing from a bespoke 360-degree central stage with a 66m circumference. Towering above it were six 32m masts, anchoring a cable-net system that suspended nearly 60 tonnes…