On the eve of the 2018 leg of the Divide tour’s kick-off at Perth’s Optus Stadium, Frontier Touring has revealed Ed Sheeran’s Australia/New Zealand tour has surpassed a mammoth 1,000,000 ticket sales.
• Ed Sheeran attracts a radio crowd in Perth: Fitzy & Wippa + Nathan, Nat & Shaun
This achievement sees Ed Sheeran well and truly breaking Dire Straits’ record for the most tickets sold (950,000 tickets) on one tour of Australia and New Zealand, a record no other artist has broken in the 32 years since the band’s 1986 tour.
Frontier Touring boss Michael Gudinski unveiled a commemorative ice sculpture for Sheeran at the stadium (pictured above).
Gudinski unveils Ed Sheeran’s commemorative ice sculpture
In addition to cracking one million ticket sales, Ed’s seven-city, eighteen-show stadium tour has also broken the following records:
• Highest ticket sales for a single concert tour in Australia
• Highest ticket sales for a single concert tour in New Zealand
• Biggest stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand
• Venue record for largest number of shows on one tour – Optus Stadium (Perth), Etihad Stadium (Melbourne), Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane), Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin)
• Venue record for highest cumulative attendance on one tour – Optus Stadium, ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Etihad Stadium, Mt Smart Stadium (Auckland), Suncorp Stadium, Forsyth Barr Stadium. Notably, Dunedin cumulative ticket sales are close to equalling the city’s population.
• Venue record for highest attendance for a single show – Optus Stadium, Suncorp Stadium, Mt Smart Stadium, Forsyth Barr Stadium
Source: Frontier Touring