Ed Sheeran announces exclusive Royal Albert Hall gigs – Presale info | Music | Entertainment

Ed Sheeran just surprised his loyal fanbase with an incredible announcement: He’ll be playing the Royal Albert Hall for two consecutive nights this November to cap off the year. 

It’s going to a special couple of nights, as well, as the Brit and Grammy Award winner has confirmed he’ll be playing his new album, Autumn Variations, in full on these two dates.

The record, which was announced last month, is a new journey into Sheeran’s mind. He recently confirmed: “Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded.

“When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time.”

Sheeran went on to add: “My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”

The 32-year-old will be hitting London’s famous Royal Albert Hall on November 18 and 19 this year, and while tickets are going to run out extremely quickly, there is a way to get presale access before anyone else.

Here’s the information you need:

Ed Sheeran is offering all of his fans presale access – but only if they preorder his new record, Autumn Variations. The album, which comes out on September 29, 2023, includes 14 brand new songs from Ed Sheeran, including Amazing, Plastic Bag and Page.

Once they buy the album they will receive a presale code or link, allowing them to get involved in the upcoming two-night special before anyone else.

Here’s the links you need:

Preorder Autumn Variations here – AMAZON

Preorder Autumn Variations here – HMV

But fans will need to act fast if they want to get their presale tickets. The preorder scheme only lasts until tomorrow, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 3pm.

If you preorder after that time, you will not be entered into the presale event.

After that, presale tickets will come out the following day – here’s what you need to know:

Presale tickets for Ed Sheeran’s Royal Albert Hall shows come out Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 9am. And, at the time of writing, the only retailer selling tickets for these spectacular events is Ticketmaster. Here’s the links:

Saturday, November 18, 2023 – Ed Sheeran at the Royal Albert Hall

Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Ed Sheeran at the Royal Albert Hall

These ticket links will only be available to people who preordered Ed Sheeran’s new album, Autumn Variations, before September 13, 2023. Read all about that here.

If you missed out on presale tickets, or couldn’t preorder the album in time, you will still have a chance to get tickets later this week.

Here’s the information on Ed Sheeran general onsale tickets:

General onsale tickets for Ed Sheeran’s Royal Albert Hall shows come out Friday, September 15, 2023, at 9am.

This will be the final chance fans have to get tickets to the star’s exclusive shows, so if you’re desperate to see Sheeran before the year is out, this is your only hope.

Here’s the ticket links:

Saturday, November 18, 2023 – Ed Sheeran at the Royal Albert Hall

Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Ed Sheeran at the Royal Albert Hall