A concert performance photograph by Sandra Sonik showing Ed Sheeran plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida May 20, 2023. Captured in a medium shot during his Mathematics Tour, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran sings into a microphone while playing a compact natural wood acoustic guitar. He features signature tousled ginger hair and visible arm tattoos, wearing a black t-shirt printed with yellow and red text reading "TAMPA" across the chest, set against a dark stadium stage background with glowing blue and purple LED display lights.
Ed Sheeran plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida May 20, 2023. Credit: Sandra Dohnert / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Last September, Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s fall stadium tour over saying “Free Palestine.”

The rest of the tour’s opening acts, and Sheeran’s backing band, left the run in solidarity within a week. Now, the Irish-Brit songwriter, who played victim in the shows following the Macklemore fallout, has Isaac Slade from The Fray playing support.

Tickets start as low as $34.20 before fees.

Tickets to see Ed Sheeran and Isaac Slade at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Saturday, Nov. 7 are still available and start at $34.20.

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This article appears in Oct. 29 – Nov. 04, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...