Overview
- Sheeran kicked off the North American leg at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on June 13 with a roughly 2½-hour concert that mixed hits and new songs into a career-spanning program.
- Fans posted the full Glendale setlist on setlist.fm, which reporters used to document a show that closed with an encore of “Shape of You,” “Azizam” and “Bad Habits.”
- The production split time between a main stage and a circular B-stage where Sheeran performed ballads such as “Thinking Out Loud” and “Perfect,” supported by a large curved video screen and an extending bridge.
- Irish band Beoga joined Sheeran on multiple songs including “Galway Girl” and “Nancy Mulligan,” and the tour will feature rotating opening acts as it visits cities such as Nashville, Atlanta, Seattle and Denver before wrapping in November.
- The LOOP Tour supports Sheeran’s eighth album, Play, and the singer told the crowd he plans to take time off after the run to focus on family, marking this leg as the start of a prolonged U.S. stadium schedule.