Ed Sheeran breaks all-time highest-grossing touring record

Romar Fernando

August 5, 2019

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  Photo Credit: Official Charts

  Ed Sheeran has surpassed the all-time highest-grossing record of U2 at Messegelände in Hannover, Germany, by his 246th show of his two and a half year of “Divide Tour.”

  Pollstar, an only trade publication in the US, confirms that Divide tour’s total gross will now reach $736.7 million, breaking the $735.4 million of U2 in July 2011.

  Meanwhile, “I feel very lucky to have experienced all of the wonderful countries and crowds over the past 2 ½ years. Thank you to the fans and everyone who made it possible” said Ed Sheeran.

  “What Ed has accomplished is truly incredible. I thought we might have a shot at having the highest attendance record but not the highest grossing tour,” said Stuart Camp, Sheeran’s longtime manager.

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