{"id":117982,"date":"2024-07-05T15:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/05\/ed-sheeran-announces-final-mathematics-tour-dates-teases-press-play-once-again\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:01:12","slug":"ed-sheeran-announces-final-mathematics-tour-dates-teases-press-play-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/05\/ed-sheeran-announces-final-mathematics-tour-dates-teases-press-play-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran announces final Mathematics tour dates, teases &#8220;press Play&#8221; once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-05\/M_EdsheeransmilingGMA_081423.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC\/Paula Lobo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When <strong>Ed Sheeran&#8217;<\/strong>s Mathematics tour ends, it&#8217;ll end up being a three-year trek.<\/p>\n<p>The tour, in support of Ed&#8217;s last two albums in his so-called Mathematics series, <em>= (Equals)<\/em> and <em>\u2013 (Subtract), <\/em>started in 2022. He&#8217;s just announced that the final leg, which will start in May of 2025, is going to end in September of 2025. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9CCdGHCOtt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2f4fc203-4535-4919-a7bd-5c8879f93c11&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>, &#8220;Gonna be hitting most of the other places we haven\u2019t been to yet &#8230;see you next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, in what seems to be a tease for new music, &#8220;It was time to Stop, but then we can press Play\u2026\u201d &#8212; with the words &#8220;Stop&#8221; and &#8220;Play&#8221; capitalized.\u00a0 Ed has been using the term &#8220;press play&#8221; to tease new music since last year.\u00a0 For example, in October of 2023, he wrote, &#8220;See you next year when we press play on some big pop stuff finally.&#8221; And in November, he wrote, &#8220;see you sometime next year when we press Play again on pop.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Ed is hinting that his next album series will incorporate words like &#8220;Stop,&#8221; &#8220;Play,&#8221; &#8220;Rewind&#8221; and &#8220;Fast Forward&#8221;? 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