Ed Sheeran breaks U2's tour record

The singer-songwriter's Divide tour will be officially the biggest, most attended and highest grossing of all time when he plays in Germany later. Ed Sheeran's tour began in March 2017 and will culminate at Chantry Park in Sheeran's local town Ipswich later this month. By the time the finale comes around he will have spent 893 days on the road, compared to the 760 days U2 toured. Divide tour's final show tally is 255 compared with U2's 100 dates on their 360 Tour. Sheeran also surpassed Bono and co's tour attendance record of 7.3 million with a gig in France in May. Sheeran will officially set the record for having the highest grossing tour of all time Friday night, as the 246th show of his Divide Tour pushes it to the $736.7 million mark. The benchmark had previously been set by U2 in 2011, when their 360 Tour grossed $735.4 million. Variety...