Ed Sheeran’s only gone and broken the record for the highest grossing tour ever and we couldn’t be more proud.
The 28-year-old will officially take up the mantel on Friday night, when the 246th show of his Divide tour pushes it to the $736.7 million (£605.8 million) mark, according to Pollstar’s calculations.
The benchmark had previously been set by U2 in 2011, when their 360 tour grossed $735.4 million (£604.8 million).
It’s a fair bit of dollar, we have to say.
There are some a few pesky differences between Sheeran’s and U2’s record-breaking tours.
Theirs ran only 110 shows, whereas hard-working Ed will have played 255 gigs over a course of two and a half years by the time he wraps it up in Ipswich at the end of August.
Ed, who’s being eyed up to sing the Bond 25 theme tune, was all cute and humble when he found out the history-making news.
‘I just found out the Divide Tour is set to be the highest grossing tour of all time – this is amazing,’ he said in a statement.
‘I feel very lucky to have experienced all of the wonderful countries and crowds over the past two and a half years. Thank you to the fans and everyone who made it possible.’
His manager, Stuart Camp, added: ‘I thought we might have a shot at having the highest attendance record, but not the highest grossing tour.’
