Ed Sheeran is Taking a Music Break

Ed Sheeran at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017.
Ed Sheeran at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017. Photo by James Gourley/REX/Shutterstock (8879513ej)

Be prepared for the next 18 months to sound far worse than the last…

Ed Sheeran has announced that he plans to take a sabbatical from his music for the next year and a half.

The decision comes after an extremely long world tour, which has seen the “I Don’t Care” singer perform 250 shows in almost 50 countries since March 2017.

During that time, the 28-year-old also released a fourth studio album entitled No. 6 Collaborations Project, which features collabs with many artists such as Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Eminem, Camila Cabello, Khalid, and Chance the Rapper.

During the Divide Tour’s final show in Ipswich, England, Sheeran told the crowd, “This is my last gig for probably 18 months. I was told before I came on that, now, at the end of this tour, I’ve played to nine million people around the world. It is the biggest tour ever. It kind of feels like, in a weird way, that you’re breaking up with a girlfriend that you’ve been with for years. It sounds odd but it has been a long tour.”

On his Instagram Stories, the Grammy winner confirmed that he is not retiring, saying, “I’m having 18 months off to make another album and hang out with my cats.”

Guess that means we’ll be listening to all his other albums on repeat until then.