Ed Sheeran sets tour dates for Bhutan, India and Qatar

Ed Sheeran has added a raft of new shows to his – +–=÷× (Mathematics) Tour for Bhutan, India and Qatar.

The One Fiinix Live-repped act has announced his biggest-ever run in India, visiting six cities at the beginning of next year.

Between 30 January and 15 February 2025, the British star will visit Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Shillong and Delhi, promoted by AEG Presents Asia and BookMyShow Live.

Prior to that, the 33-year-old will deliver a concert in Bhutan, making history as the first-ever international artist to perform in the Buddhist kingdom on the Himalayas’ eastern edge.

The concert will be held at the 15,000-capacity Changlimithang Stadium in the country’s capital, Thimphu.

Tickets start from as low as US$10, though tourists attending the concert must also pay Bhutan’s Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), a US$100 daily levy designed to help preserve the country’s unique environment and culture.

Jon Ollier recently told IQ that Sheeran wants “to get as far and wide and visit as many fans as he possibly can”

Sheeran has also announced his first Qatar show in a decade at the Lusail Multipurpose Hall in Doha on 30 April, as well as his return to Bahrain’s Beyon Al Dana Amphitheatre on 2 May, where he performed at the beginning of 2024.

The Mathematics tour, which was launched in 2022, will then conclude with his European stadium dates.

One Fiinix Live founder Jon Ollier recently told IQ that Sheeran wants “to get as far and wide and visit as many fans as he possibly can”.

This year has seen Sheeran set multiple ticket sales records the world over, with destinations including Bahrain, the UAE, India, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Baltic States, Malta, Romania and Cyprus.

“It’s something that he’s always wanted to do,” explained Ollier. “It’s a gift we’ve been given to be able to do it, because not a lot of people can go and play all of those places. We have to plan these things years in advance and potentially doing it right in the midst of the cost of living crisis and war in Europe and all the rest of it, was incredibly challenging.”

Read the full interview here.

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