x Tour (Ed Sheeran)

The x Tour (pronounced the "Multiply Tour") was the second world concert tour by English singer-songwriter and musician, Ed Sheeran, in support of his second studio album, × (pronounced "multiply") (2014). The tour began in Osaka, Japan on 6 August 2014, and continued through Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia until 12 December 2015, where the tour ended in New Zealand. Sheeran planned 180 shows. In June 2015, the singer announced a documentary would be filmed during the tour's three sold-out dates, 10–12 July 2015, at 80,000-person capacity Wembley Stadium.^[2]

x Tour

Tour by Ed Sheeran
Promotional poster for the 4th North American leg of the tour
Associated album	×
Start date	6 August 2014 (2014-08-06)
End date	12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)
Legs	13
No. of shows	11 in Asia 61 in Europe 77 in North America 23 in Oceania 8 in South America 180 in total
Box office	US$150.7 million ($193.71 million in 2023 dollars)^[1]
Ed Sheeran concert chronology
+ Tour (2011–13) x Tour (2014–15) ÷ Tour (2017–19)

Background

Throughout 2013, Sheeran supported Taylor Swift on her North American Red Tour, as well as performing throughout the show itself. He also is featured on her single, "Everything Has Changed", which was promoted at the Summertime Ball and the final of Britain's Got Talent. While touring, he began recording his second studio album, ×. The album was preceded by the lead single, "Sing", which reached number one in the UK. The album, released on 20 June 2014, received critical acclaim, and Sheeran performed at series of festivals in 2014, including Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park and Southside Festival. On 14 April 2014, following a performance on Saturday Night Live, Sheeran announced his first ever North American arena tour. Beginning in Seattle, the 15-date tour would travel all around North America.^[3] Due to demand, three dates were added to the tour (one date at the SAP Center and at the Staples Center in Los Angeles).

During the 2015 leg of the X Tour, Ed Sheeran chose to use a Fender Stratocaster loaned to him by British contemporary artist Teddy McDonald. The guitar known as Green T featuring graphics by the artist was played in 18 countries and used for the songs requiring an electric guitar including "Thinking Out Loud". Green T was returned to Teddy McDonald at the end of the X Tour and later auctioned by Bonhams for £12,500 (Dec 2015). https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22818/lot/179/

The documentary movie Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium shot at Wembley Stadium at the end of the X Tour features the graffiti'd Fender Stratocaster Ed Sheeran commissioned as a collaboration between New York street art pioneer John Crash Matos and Teddy McDonald. Known as the 'Crash x Teddy M' Stratocaster, the guitar features the debut of the Teddy M Heart design and Crash's signature eye symbol. GQ magazine featured a full page article on the 'Crash x Teddy M' Stratocaster in their July 2015 edition.^[4]

According to Pollstar, the X Tour was the 43rd highest-grossing tour of 2014, with 667,066 tickets sold and US$33.4 million grossed.^[5] The next year, the X Tour became the seventh highest-grossing tour of 2015, with 1,823,410 tickets sold and a gross of US$117.3 million,^[6] accumulating a total of US$150.7 million grossed.

The support acts were: Rudimental, Rixton, Foy Vance, Kodaline and Christina Perri.

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on August 27, 2014. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[7]

1. "I'm a Mess"
2. "Lego House"
3. "Don't"
4. "Drunk"
5. "Take It Back"
6. "One"
7. "Bloodstream"
8. "Tenerife Sea"
9. "Afire Love"
10. "Runaway"
11. "Thinking Out Loud"
12. "Give Me Love"
13. "I See Fire"

    Encore

14. "You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
15. "The A Team"
16. "Chasing Cars"
17. "Sing"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Europe
15 August 2014^[a]	Hasselt	Belgium	Kiewit	—	—
16 August 2014^[b]	Chelmsford	England	Hylands Park
17 August 2014^[c]	Weston-under-Lizard		Weston Park
North America^[8]^[9]
21 August 2014	Seattle	United States	WaMu Theater	7,200 / 7,200	$404,362
23 August 2014	Vancouver	Canada	Ambleside Park	10,768 / 10,768	$567,979
26 August 2014	San Jose	United States	SAP Center	7,485 / 7,485	$423,475
27 August 2014	Los Angeles		Staples Center	13,220 / 13,220	$600,422
29 August 2014	Las Vegas		The Chelsea	6,000 / 6,000	$237,415
30 August 2014
31 August 2014	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	8,918 / 8,918	$329,272
3 September 2014	Kansas City		Sprint Center	5,514 / 5,514	$285,408
4 September 2014	Cleveland		Wolstein Center	5,139 / 5,139	$272,367
6 September 2014	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion	11,563 / 11,563	$507,170
8 September 2014	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	10,723 / 10,723	$523,115
9 September 2014	Mansfield		Xfinity Center	10,808 / 10,808	$545,623
11 September 2014	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	6,533 / 6,533	$314,548
12 September 2014	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center	9,276 / 9,276	$475,402
13 September 2014	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	10,231 / 10,231	$569,296
15 September 2014	Minneapolis		Target Center	8,434 / 8,434	$428,111
16 September 2014	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	10,532 / 10,532	$532,328
17 September 2014	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	6,419 / 6,419	$340,873
18 September 2014	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	14,156 / 14,156	$774,975
20 September 2014^[d]	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden Arena	—	—
Europe^[10]^[11]
29 September 2014^[e]	London	England	The Roundhouse	—	—
3 October 2014	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	51,332 / 51,332	$2,763,200
4 October 2014
5 October 2014
6 October 2014
8 October 2014	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	20,330 / 20,648	$1,072,258
9 October 2014
11 October 2014	Leeds	England	First Direct Arena	12,808 / 12,810	$671,052
12 October 2014	London		The O2 Arena	68,748 / 70,368	$4,049,785
13 October 2014
14 October 2014
15 October 2014
18 October 2014	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena	13,520 / 13,812	$720,042
19 October 2014			LG Arena	29,329 / 29,926	$1,566,933
20 October 2014
22 October 2014	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena	—	—
23 October 2014
25 October 2014	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena	10,817 / 11,153	$570,467
27 October 2014	Manchester		Phones 4u Arena	32,303 / 32,610	$1,703,744
28 October 2014
30 October 2014	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro	25,408 / 25,408	$1,340,085
31 October 2014
3 November 2014	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	16,114 / 16,300	$699,760
4 November 2014	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	8,274 / 8,400	$301,572
5 November 2014	Düsseldorf	Germany	ISS Dome	11,820 / 12,164	$415,868
6 November 2014	Hamburg		O2 World Hamburg	11,843 / 11,843	$416,677
11 November 2014	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	—	—
12 November 2014	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	13,994 / 13,994	$606,446
14 November 2014	Berlin	Germany	Max-Schmeling-Halle	8,969 / 8,969	$316,025
15 November 2014	Stuttgart		Porsche-Arena	6,283 / 6,283	$228,751
17 November 2014	Munich		Olympiahalle	12,084 / 12,084	$482,649
18 November 2014	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt	11,739 / 11,742	$413,018
19 November 2014	Zürich	Switzerland	Maag Halle	—	—
20 November 2014	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
22 November 2014	Villeurbanne	France	Le Transbordeur
24 November 2014	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
25 November 2014	Madrid		Barclaycard Center
27 November 2014	Paris	France	Bataclan Theatre
26 January 2015	Rome	Italy	PalaLottomatica	7,138 / 7,138	$277,334
27 January 2015	Milan		Mediolanum Forum	10,144 / 10,144	$443,392
28 January 2015	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	13,000 / 13,000	$813,776
30 January 2015	Amnéville	France	Galaxie Amnéville	11,032 / 12,470	$375,049
1 February 2015	Cournon-d'Auvergne		Zénith d'Auvergne	6,586 / 7,570	$207,979
2 February 2015	Paris		Zénith Paris	6,073 / 6,073	$219,176
3 February 2015	Nantes		Zénith de Nantes	8,223 / 8,470	$259,674
12 February 2015	Prague	Czech Republic	Tipsport Arena	—	—
13 February 2015	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar Hall
15 February 2015	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena
16 February 2015	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga
17 February 2015	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall
Asia
27 February 2015	Muscat	Oman	Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa	3,000 / 3,000	$180,000
1 March 2015	Mumbai	India	Mahalaxmi Racecourse	7,700 / 8,000	$307,384
3 March 2015	Doha	Qatar	Qatar National Convention Centre	6,000 / 6,000	$359,610
5 March 2015	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Media City	10,000 / 10,000	$891,490
7 March 2015	Shanghai	China	Mercedes-Benz Arena	7,160 / 7,160	$619,386
8 March 2015	Seoul	South Korea	SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium	3,296 / 3,977	$407,507
10 March 2015	Hong Kong		AsiaWorld–Expo	7,869 / 7,869	$689,894
12 March 2015	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena	10,408 / 10,408	$982,382
14 March 2015	Singapore		Star Performing Arts Centre	4,985 / 4,985	$477,756
16 March 2015	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Plenary Hall	4,694 / 4,699	$385,611
Oceania^[12]
20 March 2015	Brisbane	Australia	Riverstage	27,928 / 27,928	$1,808,894
21 March 2015
22 March 2015
24 March 2015	Sydney		Qantas Credit Union Arena	36,545 / 36,545	$2,515,310
25 March 2015
26 March 2015
28 March 2015	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	39,382 / 39,382	$2,550,923
29 March 2015
30 March 2015
1 April 2015	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena	18,318 / 18,318	$1,159,194
2 April 2015
4 April 2015	Perth		Perth Arena	29,276 / 29,692	$1,968,703
5 April 2015
8 April 2015	Christchurch	New Zealand	Horncastle Arena	8,868 / 8,868	$656,842
10 April 2015	Wellington		TSB Bank Arena	5,635 / 5,635	$417,375
11 April 2015	Auckland		Vector Arena	23,279 / 23,792	$1,572,724
12 April 2015
Latin America
19 April 2015	Bogotá	Colombia	C.C Bima Gran Carpa	6,630 / 6,630	$495,906
21 April 2015	Lima	Peru	Jockey Club Parcela H	11,649 / 11,649	$828,144
23 April 2015	Santiago	Chile	Pista Atletica	14,797 / 14,797	$762,840
25 April 2015	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Luna Park	15,884 / 15,884	$968,061
26 April 2015
28 April 2015	São Paulo	Brazil	Espaço das Américas	14,823 / 14,823	$857,542
29 April 2015
30 April 2015	Rio de Janeiro		HSBC Arena	11,245 / 11,245	$674,568
North America^[13]
2 May 2015^[f]	New Orleans	United States	Fair Grounds Race Course	—	—
3 May 2015^[g]	Memphis		Tom Lee Park	—	—
6 May 2015	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	11,593 / 11,951	$683,306
7 May 2015	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre	6,010 / 6,010	$418,431
9 May 2015	Tulsa		BOK Center	12,230 / 12,230	$681,958
10 May 2015	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	—	—
12 May 2015	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center	13,389 / 13,389	$754,355
13 May 2015	Albany		Times Union Center	11,022 / 12,935	$654,538
19 May 2015	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena	12,328 / 12,638	$727,498
23 May 2015	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	7,090 / 7,090	$464,890
24 May 2015	Bangor		Darling's Waterfront Pavilion	12,816 / 13,160	$660,282
26 May 2015	Philadelphia		The Mann Center	12,498 / 12,868	$706,561
28 May 2015	New York City		Forest Hills Stadium	26,214 / 27,330	$1,785,832
29 May 2015
30 May 2015	Newark		Prudential Center	13,007 / 13,007	$971,881
31 May 2015	Brooklyn		Barclays Center	14,341 / 14,609	$1,083,905
2 June 2015	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	14,494 / 14,931	$825,978
3 June 2015	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre	13,343 / 13,808	$697,184
5 June 2015	London		Budweiser Gardens	8,849 / 8,849	$543,515
6 June 2015	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	14,278 / 14,278	$801,167
7 June 2015	Hopewell	United States	Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center	14,175 / 14,175	$513,708
9 June 2015	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	13,120 / 13,408	$772,430
10 June 2015	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center	10,455 / 10,868	$625,543
12 June 2015	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	11,443 / 11,443	$670,526
13 June 2015	Regina		Brandt Centre	5,986 / 6,092	$377,279
14 June 2015	Edmonton		Rexall Place	12,814 / 12,814	$780,998
16 June 2015	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre	12,080 / 12,289	$710,903
17 June 2015	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome	12,953 / 13,201	$807,531
19 June 2015	Vancouver		Rogers Arena	13,425 / 13,854	$821,993
20 June 2015	Portland	United States	Moda Center	12,476 / 12,476	$744,538
23 June 2015	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center	10,272 / 12,382	$569,320
24 June 2015	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	—	—
25 June 2015
26 June 2015	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	8,500 / 8,500	$552,500
29 June 2015	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	18,259 / 19,050	$1,082,783
30 June 2015
2 July 2015	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center	—	—
3 July 2015^[h]	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
Europe
10 July 2015	London	England	Wembley Stadium	229,725 / 229,725	$18,008,988
11 July 2015
12 July 2015
24 July 2015	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park	162,208 / 162,208	$11,713,029
25 July 2015
North America
3 September 2015	Houston	United States	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,414 / 23,765	$1,243,692
5 September 2015	Frisco		Toyota Stadium	30,665 / 30,665	$1,571,889
8 September 2015	Orlando		Amway Center	13,940 / 13,940	$925,691
9 September 2015	Miami		American Airlines Arena	13,146 / 13,146	$876,272
10 September 2015	Tampa		Amalie Arena	12,598 / 13,288	$747,953
12 September 2015	Atlanta		Philips Arena	13,551 / 13,551	$834,508
13 September 2015	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	15,754 / 15,754	$905,096
15 September 2015	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	14,561 / 14,561	$965,621
16 September 2015	Tinley Park		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre	21,252 / 28,630	$877,976
17 September 2015	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	20,267 / 20,372	$776,555
18 September 2015	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center	19,546 / 19,546	$749,267
20 September 2015	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	14,404 / 14,404	$848,120
22 September 2015	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center	25,909 / 27,814	$1,535,022
23 September 2015
25 September 2015	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	51,996 / 54,000	$3,234,377
26 September 2015^[i]	New York City		Central Park	—	—
Oceania
28 November 2015	Brisbane	Australia	Suncorp Stadium	45,452 / 45,452	$2,813,173
2 December 2015	Perth		HBF Park	31,816 / 31,816	$2,156,006
5 December 2015	Melbourne		AAMI Park	67,353 / 67,353	$4,407,403
6 December 2015
9 December 2015	Sydney		Allianz Stadium	47,617 / 47,617	$2,980,584
12 December 2015	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium	43,201 / 43,201	$2,537,456

Notes

1. The show of 15 August 2014 in Hasselt at Kiewit was part of the Pukkelpop.
2. The show of 16 August 2014 in Chelmsford at Hylands Park was part of the V Festival.
3. The show of 17 August 2014 in Weston-under-Lizard at Weston Park was part of the V Festival.
4. The show of 20 September 2014 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena was part of the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival.
5. The show of 29 September 2014 in London at the Roundhouse was part of the 2014 iTunes Festival.
6. The show of 2 May 2015 in New Orleans at Fair Grounds Race Course was part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
7. The show of 3 May 2015 in Memphis at Tom Lee Park was part of the Beale Street Music Festival.
8. The show of 3 July 2015 in Milwaukee at Marcus Amphitheater was part of Summerfest.
9. The 26 September 2015 performance at Central Park in New York City was part of the Global Citizen Festival.

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