Ed Sheeran reveals Australian tour dates
They will be his first shows in Australia since his 2023 tour, and the visit will come off the back of his upcoming album, Play, which drops on September 12.
'New stage, new tricks, new set-up, new songs and all the classics added in … I can't wait to be back,' Sheeran said in an Instagram post announcing the tour.
In May, he said on Facebook that Play was 'an album that was made as a direct response to the darkest period of my life'.
'I made this record all over the world, finished it in Goa, India, and had some of the most fun, explorative creative days of my life.
'It's a real roller coaster of emotions from start to finish, it encapsulates everything that I love about music, and the fun in it, but also where I am in life as a human, a partner, a father. Going into this album campaign, I said to myself: 'I just want everything I do to be fun and playful'.'
Sheeran has released three singles from the album, which has influences from the Indian and Persian musical traditions: Azizam (a word that means 'my darling' in Farsi) in April, then Old Phone in May and Sapphire in June.
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The tour begins in New Zealand in January before heading across the Ditch for the Australian dates.
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