Ed Sheeran announces 2026 tour dates for Australia and New Zealand

Good news for Ed’s fans as he has announced his tour in Australia and New Zealand. With this announcement, it looks like Ed Sheeran is already making big plans for 2026. “Starting a brand new tour next year called the LOOP tour,” Ed Sheeran wrote on Instagram. “New stage, new tricks, new set up, new songs and all the classics added in".

Ed Sheeran’s 2026 tour will span across stadiums in New Zealand and Australia. He will start in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, then head over to Australia for shows in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne. The tour will wrap up in Adelaide at the famous Adelaide Oval.

This tour will kick off just under two months before the release of Sheeran’s next album, Play, which is set to come out on September 12. That’s only a few days after he finishes his current +–=÷× Tour (Mathematics Tour) in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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This will be Sheeran’s first return to Australia and New Zealand since early 2023. On that tour, he broke records at Melbourne Cricket Ground, playing to a massive crowd of 217,500 people across two nights. Each of those shows beat the previous attendance record held by Eminem, who played to 80,708 fans back in 2019.

Fans had been waiting for this tour news for a while. Back in May, Sheeran hinted at his plans on his private Instagram account, saying, “Oz/NZ top of next year, then Latam, then USA.”

Check out Ed Sheeran – 2026 New Zealand & Australian loop tour dates below

Jan. 16 – Go Media Stadium, Auckland, NZ

Jan. 21 – Sky Stadium, Wellington, NZ

Jan. 24 – Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch, NZ

Jan. 31 – Optus Stadium, Perth, WA

Feb. 13 – Accor Stadium, Sydney, NSW

Feb. 14 – Accor Stadium, Sydney, NSW

Feb. 20 – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD

Feb. 21 – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD

Feb. 26 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, VIC

Feb. 27 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, VIC

Mar. 5 – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA

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