The former hardest drinking ginger in pop music is coming back to Tampa.
UPDATE: Tickets for this show went on sale on St. Patrick's Day, but fans who missed out on tickets have just been handed a four-leaf clover. Our pals at the Tampa Bay Times have pointed out that Amalie is releasing a few more tickets to Ed's show. Details and links below.
We're releasing a VERY LIMITED number of seats for our 8/29 date with @edsheeran TOMORROW (Friday) @ 5pm: https://t.co/vFfdeqIggn pic.twitter.com/K21BfLfSJJ
— Amalie Arena (@AmalieArena) August 10, 2017
Today, Amalie Arena announced that multi-platinum, Grammy-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran will play a show on August 29. It’s the 26 year old’s first show in the area since a September 2015 appearance.
Tickets for the date in support of his new album ÷ (pronounced “divide,” in case you’re allergic to math), go on sale March 17 at 10 a.m. EST. and will cost fans $39.50-$89.50.
Pre-sales start on March 13, and a press release says that “an innovative new tech product from Ticketmaster” (they've been calling it Ticketmaster Verified Fan) has been built to help artists combat bots and get tickets into the hands of real fans who intend to go to the event.
Read: In Tampa, Eric Church takes 304 tickets back from scalpers and gives them back to fans
Fans unfamiliar with the songwriter can listen to the LP — which helped Sheeran achieve the best-ever one day streams for a single artist (68,695,172) — below. Get more information on the show via local.cltampa.com.
What’s the over under on finding Sheeran at the pub or pizza spot after this one?
This article appears in Mar 9-16, 2017.
