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 of gear – LED screens, pyrotechnics, sound rigging – over the pitch. It was a logistical feat that meant venue selection was almost as critical as the show itself.
“We had to make sure the stage was going to fit in the stadiums,” explains Ash Mowry, VP at…
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