{"id":16891,"date":"2025-07-23T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16891\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:12:07","slug":"ed-sheeran-announces-2026-loop-tour-of-australia-new-zealand-with-new-album-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/16891\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Announces 2026 Loop Tour of Australia & New Zealand with New Album ‘Play’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frontier Touring and MG Live are thrilled to announce the hotly anticipated return of global superstar Ed Sheeran. He is heading back to Australia and New Zealand next January, February and March 2026 with his all-new Loop Tour for a massive run of stadium shows.<\/p>\n

Having sold over 2.5 million tickets across Australia and New Zealand to date, Sheeran\u2019s Loop Tour sees the beloved singer returning to our shores with a new live show that\u2019ll follow the release of his new album,\u00a0Play,\u00a0out Friday, September 12th. Performing at stadiums in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch (his first show there in 11 years), before heading to Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, Ed\u2019s new live show promises to be filled with surprises, new music, as well as his biggest hits.<\/p>\n

Sheeran is an era-defining artist who has sold nearly 200 million records globally. Recently, he was celebrated as a 12-time member of Spotify\u2019s Billions Club, while Apple Music revealed his 2017 hit \u201cShape Of You\u201d was their most-streamed song of the last decade. Moreover, Ed recently surpassed 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, seeing him become the platform\u2019s fourth most-listened-to artist in the world. Last on our shores in 2023 \u2013 when he played to a record-breaking 200,000 fans across two nights at Melbourne\u2019s iconic MCG \u2013 Sheeran\u2019s mammoth Mathematics Tour spanned countless shows across the globe, continuing his streak of breaking records and making history.<\/p>\n

Presales start on Friday, July 25th, ahead of the general sale on Tuesday, July 29th.<\/p>\n

To protect fans, strict anti-scalping measures will be in place. All tickets will be digitally delivered and accessible via official ticketing apps only. Fans are strongly advised to only purchase tickets from official ticketing partners.<\/p>\n

Led by lead singles \u201cAzizam,\u201d \u201cSapphire,\u201d and \u201cOld Phone,\u201d\u200b\u00a0Play\u00a0marks the beginning of a fresh new chapter for Sheeran. The singer-songwriter\u2019s latest work is an explorative, technicolor pop album that captures the fun, chaos, and heart of an artist reinvigorated by life and travel. Promising all-new stage production centred around the joyful, expansive sound of\u00a0Play, the upcoming stadium shows will incorporate new visuals, intimate acoustic moments alongside his renowned loop pedal performances, and the full stadium sing-alongs only Ed Sheeran can deliver.<\/p>\n

Inspired by musical cultures from around the globe \u2013 particularly Indian and Persian cultures and their surprising melodic connections to the Irish folk tradition he grew up with through shared scales, rhythms and melodies \u2013\u00a0Play\u00a0encompasses an eclectic and borderless sound. On the album, Sheeran has teamed up with producers and musicians from across the globe, showcasing his limitless musicianship.<\/p>\n

Ed Sheeran The Loop Tour 2026 Australian\/New Zealand Dates:<\/p>\n

Jan 16 \u2013 Auckland, NZ @ GO Media Stadium
Jan 21 \u2013 Wellington, NZ @ Sky Stadium
Jan 24 \u2013 Christchurch, NZ @ Apollo Projects Stadium
Jan 31 \u2013 Perth, WA @ \u200bOptus Stadium
Feb 13 \u2013 Sydney, NSW @ Accor Stadium
Feb 14 \u2013 Sydney, NSW @ Accor Stadium
Feb 20 \u2013 Brisbane, QLD @ Suncorp Stadium
Feb 21 \u2013 Brisbane, QLD @ Suncorp Stadium
Feb 26 \u2013 Melbourne, VIC @ Marvel Stadium
Feb 27 \u2013 Melbourne, VIC @ Marvel Stadium
Mar 5 \u2013 Adelaide, SA @ Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frontier Touring and MG Live are thrilled to announce the hotly anticipated return of global superstar Ed Sheeran.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[14645,14646,14647,14648,49,48,14649,75,14650,14651,14652,14653,341,14654,14655,6758,14656],"class_list":["post-16891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-accor-stadium","tag-adelaide-oval","tag-apollo-projects-stadium","tag-apple-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ed-sheeran","tag-entertainment","tag-frontier-touring","tag-go-media-stadium","tag-marvel-stadium","tag-mg-live","tag-music","tag-optus-stadium","tag-sky-stadium","tag-spotify","tag-suncorp-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}