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Showtime Close-up: Ed Sheeran “Divide” World Tour

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Ed Sheeran 2019 tour image by Ralph Larmann for Meyer Sound

Lighting Cos: LCR/SES

Video Co: Colonel Tom Touring

Crew

  • Show/Lighting Designer Mark Cunniffe,
  • Lighting Director: Matt Jones
  • Programmer: Alex Passmore
  • Lighting Reps: Mike Oates (LCR), Michael Brammer (SES)
  • Crew Boss: Dave Cox
  • Dimmers: Rob Starksfield
  • Lighting Techs: Travis Mitchell, Stuart Picton, Chris Wynn
  • James Townsend, Brandt Gentry, Steve Bliss
  • Production Manager: Chris Marsh
  • Production Coordinator: Helen Himmons
  • Tour Manager: Mark Friend
  • Tour Coordinator: Amanda Thompson
  • Production Asst: Cally Harris
  • Stage Managers: Matt Caley/Trevor Dawkins
  • Video Director: Phil Mead
  • Video Engineer: Bob Larkin
  • Video Content: Moment Factory
  • Notch Programmer: Matt Swoboda
  • Video Techs: Eoin MacMahon, Pat Gibbs, Tony Whitehead, Marc Lawrence
  • Riggers: Seth Cook, Omar Franchi
  • Automation: Omar Franchi
  • Set/Staging: HighPost Structures, Tait, WonderWorks, Litec, Mojo Barriers
  • Trucking: SOS/SET (U.S.), KB Event (U.K.), Rock-it Cargo

Gear

Lighting:

  • 2       grandMA2 Full consoles
  • 1       grandMA2 Light console
  • 140  Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures
  • 32     Claypaky Scenius Unicos
  • 74     SGM G4’s
  • 24     SGM P10 Washes
  • 12     Martin Atomic 3000 LED
  • 18     TMB Solaris Flare Q Plus
  • 4       Robert Juliat Lancelot
  • 4       MDG The One Stadium Hazer
  • 1       Custom LED tape setup by Tait for the set
  • 1       Kinesys motor system

Video:

  • 400  ROE Visual Carbon 5 LED tiles (1200 mm)
  • 175  ROE Visual Carbon 5 LED tiles (600mm)
  • 560  KTL Flyer 12mm tiles (I-Mag)
  • 2       disguise gx 2 media servers
  • 1       Blackmagic Design ATEM 2ME switcher
  • 3       Sony 1700 cameras
  • 3       Canon cameras w/100x, 86x, 24x lenses
  • 5       Bradley CamBall 3 cameras
  • 1       GoPro MK2 camera
  • 1       Brompton Tessera SX40 processor
  • 4       Brompton Tessera XD units
  • 2       Brompton Tessera M2 HD units
  • 1       Ross Carbonite Black video switcher

Tour Notes

Performing on his own, with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and a custom loop pedal, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (“Divide”) Tour topped U2’s 360 as the top money-making tour of all time, setting records for both gross revenues ($776 million) and total attendance (8.8 million). The 258-show run included 14 tour legs from mid-March, 2017 to August 2019, scoring #4 (2017), #1 (2018) and #1 (2019) on Billboard’s year-end charts.