The x Tour (pronounced the "Multiply Tour") was the second world concert tour by the English singer-songwriter and musician, Ed Sheeran, in support of his second studio album, × (pronounced "multiply") (2014). The tour began in Osaka, Japan on 6 August 2014, and continued through Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia until 12 December 2015, where the tour ended in New Zealand. Sheeran planned 180 shows. In June 2015, the singer announced a documentary would be filmed during the tour's three sold-out dates, 10–12 July 2015, at 80,000-person capacity Wembley Stadium.
Background Throughout 2013, Sheeran supported Taylor Swift on her North American Red Tour, as well as performing throughout the show itself. He also is featured on her single, "Everything Has Changed", which was promoted at the Summertime Ball and the final of Britain's Got Talent. While touring, he began recording his second studio album, ×. The album was preceded by the lead single, "Sing", which reached number one in the UK. The album, released on 20 June 2014, received critical acclaim, and Sheeran performed at series of festivals in 2014, including Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park and Southside Festival. On 14 April 2014, following a performance on Saturday Night Live, Sheeran announced his first ever North American arena tour. Beginning in Seattle, the 15-date tour would travel all around North America. Due to demand, three dates were added to the tour (one date at the SAP Center and at the Staples Center in Los Angeles).
During the 2015 leg of the X Tour, Ed Sheeran chose to use a Fender Stratocaster loaned to him by British contemporary artist Teddy McDonald. The guitar known as Green T featuring graphics by the artist was played in 18 countries and used for the songs requiring an electric guitar including "Thinking Out Loud". Green T was returned to Teddy McDonald at the end of the X Tour and later auctioned by Bonhams for £12,500 (Dec 2015).
The documentary movie Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium shot at Wembley Stadium at the end of the X Tour features the graffiti'd Fender Stratocaster Ed Sheeran commissioned as a collaboration between New York street art pioneer John Crash Matos and Teddy McDonald. Known as the 'Crash x Teddy M' Stratocaster, the guitar features the debut of the Teddy M Heart design and Crash's signature eye symbol. GQ magazine featured a full-page article on the 'Crash x Teddy M' Stratocaster in their July 2015 edition.
According to Pollstar, the X Tour was the 43rd highest-grossing tour of 2014, with 667,066 tickets sold and US$33.4 million grossed. The next year, the X Tour became the seventh highest-grossing tour of 2015, with 1,823,410 tickets sold and a gross of US$117.3 million, accumulating a total of US$150.7 million grossed.
The support acts were: Rudimental, Rixton, Foy Vance, Kodaline and Christina Perri.
Set list This set list is representative of the show on 27 August 2014. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
"I'm a Mess" "Lego House" "Don't" "Drunk" "Take It Back" "One" "Bloodstream" "Tenerife Sea" "Afire Love" "Runaway" "Thinking Out Loud" "Give Me Love" "I See Fire" ;Encore "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" "The A Team" "Chasing Cars" "Sing"
Tour dates + List of 2014 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue 15 August 2014 Hasselt Belgium Kiewit rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 16 August 2014 Chelmsford England Hylands Park 17 August 2014 Weston-under-Lizard Weston Park 21 August 2014 Seattle United StatesWaMu Theater 7,200 / 7,200 $404,362 23 August 2014 Vancouver Canada Ambleside Park 10,768 / 10,768 $567,979 26 August 2014 San JoseUnited States SAP Center 7,485 / 7,485 $423,47527 August 2014Los AngelesStaples Center 13,220 / 13,220 $600,422 29 August 2014Las VegasThe Chelsea6,000 / 6,000$237,415 30 August 2014 31 August 2014 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 8,918 / 8,918 $329,272 3 September 2014 Kansas City Sprint Center 5,514 / 5,514 $285,408 4 September 2014 Cleveland Wolstein Center 5,139 / 5,139 $272,367 6 September 2014 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 11,563 / 11,563 $507,170 8 September 2014 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 10,723 / 10,723 $523,115 9 September 2014 Mansfield Xfinity Center 10,808 / 10,808 $545,623 11 September 2014 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 6,533 / 6,533 $314,548 12 September 2014 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 9,276 / 9,276 $475,402 13 September 2014 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 10,231 / 10,231 $569,296 15 September 2014 Minneapolis Target Center 8,434 / 8,434 $428,111 16 September 2014 RosemontAllstate Arena 10,532 / 10,532 $532,328 17 September 2014 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 6,419 / 6,419 $340,873 18 September 2014 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 14,156 / 14,156 $774,975 20 September 2014 Las Vegas United States MGM Grand Garden Arena 29 September 2014 London England The Roundhouse 3 October 2014DublinIreland3Arena 51,332 / 51,332 $2,763,200 4 October 2014 5 October 2014 6 October 2014 8 October 2014BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena 20,330 / 20,648 $1,072,258 9 October 2014 11 October 2014 LeedsEngland First Direct Arena 12,808 / 12,810 $671,052 12 October 2014LondonThe O2 Arena68,748 / 70,368$4,049,785 13 October 2014 14 October 2014 15 October 2014 18 October 2014Birmingham National Indoor Arena 13,520 / 13,812 $720,042 19 October 2014LG Arena 29,329 / 29,926 $1,566,933 20 October 2014 22 October 2014NottinghamCapital FM Arena rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 23 October 2014 25 October 2014 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 10,817 / 11,153 $570,467 27 October 2014ManchesterPhones 4u Arena 32,303 / 32,610 $1,703,744 28 October 2014 30 October 2014GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro 25,408 / 25,408 $1,340,085 31 October 2014 3 November 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 16,114 / 16,300 $699,760 4 November 2014 Brussels Belgium Forest National 8,274 / 8,400 $301,572 5 November 2014 DüsseldorfGermany ISS Dome 11,820 / 12,164 $415,868 6 November 2014 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg 11,843 / 11,843 $416,677 11 November 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen 12 November 2014 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 13,994 / 13,994 $606,446 14 November 2014 BerlinGermany Max-Schmeling-Halle 8,969 / 8,969 $316,025 15 November 2014 Stuttgart Porsche-Arena 6,283 / 6,283 $228,751 17 November 2014 Munich Olympiahalle 12,084 / 12,084 $482,649 18 November 2014 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt 11,739 / 11,742 $413,018 19 November 2014 Zürich Switzerland Maag Halle rowspan="6" rowspan="6" 20 November 2014 Milan Italy Alcatraz 22 November 2014 Villeurbanne France Le Transbordeur 24 November 2014 BarcelonaSpain Palau Sant Jordi 25 November 2014 Madrid Barclaycard Center 27 November 2014 Paris France Bataclan Theatre
+ List of 2015 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueBillboard box score: