Ed Sheeran Announces Australia & New Zealand 2018 Tour Dates

After some pretty blunt clues from Frontier Touring and even the man himself over the past several days, ubiquitous UK troubadour Ed Sheeran has announced that he will return to Australia (and New Zealand) in March 2018 for a run of stadium shows as part of his ÷ (Divide) world tour.

Sheeran will get under way at Perth Stadium before taking to stages at Adelaide Oval, Melbourne's Etihad Stadium, ANZ Stadium in Sydney and Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. Immediately afterwards, he hops across to New Zealand for a pair of shows — one at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium and a second at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin — to complete the Antipodean leg of his current worldwide sojourn.

Given his last visit was for a pair of acclaimed but exclusive shows earlier this year, it's nice to see Sheeran book himself a solid number of outings at venues large enough to hold the expected armies of fans for these upcoming performances.

Sure, he may have recently been dethroned from the #1 spot on the ARIA Albums and Singles charts, but these shows are still likely to uniformly see their tickets evaporate in a flash, if history is any indication — not to mention the fact that all seven (including NZ) of the upcoming 2018 gigs are all-ages affairs.

Prior to his mini-visit in February, Sheeran was last in the country for his record-breaking 2015 x world tour, which — as with his three earlier visits to our shores — was a total sell-out.

So, to business: Frontier will be hosting a members' pre-sale for tickets from Tuesday 16 May to Wednesday 17 May (or until the allocation is exhausted). The release, as with general sale, will be staggered, so check the Frontier website for info about your city.

After the pre-sale, general public tickets will go on sale on Tuesday 23 May — also at staggered times — via Ticketmaster and Ticketek.

See below for all the details.

Ed Sheeran Australia & New Zealand 2018 Tour

Saturday 3 March Perth Stadium, Perth, WA
On sale 3pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketmaster)

Wednesday 7 March Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA
On sale 3.30pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketek)

Saturday 10 March Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Vic
On sale 1pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketmaster)

Friday 16 March ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW
On sale 3pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketek)

Tuesday 20 March Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Qld
On sale 2pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketek)

Saturday 24 March Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, NZ
On sale 1pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketmaster)

Thursday 29 March Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, NZ
On sale 2pm local time, Tuesday 23 May (Ticketmaster)