Ed Sheeran to release eighth studio album

British popstar Ed Sheeran, who precocious revealed an upcoming United States tour, volition merchandise his latest medium “Play” connected Friday.

“Play” is the 34-year-old singer-songwriter’s eighth workplace medium and follows much than a decennary of stunning planetary occurrence and smash hits similar “Shape of You” and “Perfect”.

He released his past album, “Autumn Variations”, successful 2023.

Known for blending pop, people and different philharmonic genres with his ain chiseled acoustic style, Sheeran is the sixth most-streamed creator connected Spotify and his 2017 opus “Shape of You” is among the astir listened-to tracks successful the world.

Sheeran said helium made his latest medium “as a nonstop effect to the darkest play of my life” and that helium wanted to “create joyousness and technicolour”.

It was recorded “all implicit the world” earlier wrapping up successful the coastal authorities of Goa successful India.

Speaking connected The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this year, the vocalist revealed that his adjacent 4 albums would beryllium called “Pause”, “Rewind”, “Fast-Forward” and “Stop”.

They travel his mathematically themed albums “Plus”, “Multiply”, “Divide”, “Subtract” and “Equals”.

Sheeran, who grew up successful eastbound England, said earlier this week that helium is acceptable to determination to the United States with his household owed to an upcoming circuit there, without specifying the dates.

After a flurry of headlines that helium was permanently leaving the UK, helium past clarifed successful an Instagram station that it was a impermanent relocation.

“I’m not moving, I’m going connected circuit with my household and relocating to the continent I’m touring on, don’t wanna commute from London to San Diego obvz,” helium posted.

Sheeran besides insisted “this isn’t a taxation thing”, adding helium would “always wage taxation successful UK”.

He is scheduled to play astatine the iHeartRadio Music Festival successful Las Vegas connected September 20 earlier touring Europe, New Zealand and Australia from December into March 2026.

AFP

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