Bad news, Bono.
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 mark, according to Pollstar’s calculations.It’s a fair bit of dollar, we have to say.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.
‘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.’
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