“Division finally comes to subtraction”: Ed Sheeran announces his 18-month ‘break’ at the end of the ‘Divide’ tour!

The English singer and songwriter, Ed Sheeran recently shared his plans of ‘taking a break’ from music. The announcement was made in Ipswich, England where the singer brought down the curtains om his ‘Divide’ tour which went on for more than two years. “There is something bittersweet about it,” said Sheeran while addressing to the crowd. 

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9 million people, 893 days, 46 countries, 175 cities, 260 shows, 268 touring crew, 193265 miles travelled, 2 broken arms, 3 marriages, 4 babies. What a wild ride this Divide tour has been. The whole process of writing the album starting in 2015, then recording it in 2016, promoting it, setting out on the road to play it for all of you guys. It’s so weird to put it to bed and move on. Thank you to everyone involved in this whole Divide process, all the people who helped make the album, all the people who helped promote the album, all the fans who listened and came to watch, this wouldn’t be possible without you. Most of all I want to thank my fantastic touring team, who have given up their lives for 2 and a half years to help me achieve my dreams. Thank you for all of your hard work and constant friendship. The Divide tour – 2017 -2019. Officially the biggest tour of all time, so weird to say that, and we survived it !

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Edward Christopher Sheeran is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and English actor. His debut album, ‘+,’ was released in September 2011. As the symbol is pronounced, his debut album ‘Plus’ secured the top position in Australian and UK lists. In the Grammy Awards ceremony of 2013 where his solo was nominated for the ‘Song of the Year,’ Sheeran performed ‘The A-Team’ with Elton John. Following this his next album ‘x’ (got it right! Pronounced as ‘Multiply’) was released on June 2014. This one too climbed to the top of the lists in the UK and US. In 2015, Sheeran received several awards for ‘Multiply.’ In the year 2017, his third album ‘ ÷ ‘ got released. The infamous song ‘Shape of You’ is a part of this one. The solos of Sheeran from ‘Divide’ broke the records of several platforms and topped many charts across the world. Moving on from the ‘mathematical’ titles, his latest album ‘No. 6 Collaborations Project’ which has been released in 2019 is already leading the UK and US charts.

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Ipswich night #4 ! 📸 @zakarywalters #dividetour

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Sheeran’s tour ranging from America to Asia, it was a ‘wild one.’ Just before beginning his ending performance on the last day of the ‘Divide’ tour, Sheeran turned to the audiences and said “I love that you guys are here and we are ending it in Ipswich. This is my last gig for probably 18 months”. He compared the tour-ending moment with a ‘breakup’ but added that he wished to focus on his married life for the time being. Ed Sheeran got married to Cherry Seaborn last year.

The happy-sad posts flooded the social media, especially, Twitter as the singer announced his temporary leave.