Tour: + – = x (Mathematics)
Sound Company: Major Tom Ltd
Crew
- Production Director: Chris Marsh
- FOH Sound Engineer: Simon Kemp
- Monitor Engineer: Brian Thorene
- Audio Systems Engineer and System Designer: Adam Wells
- Loop Pedal Tech/RF Engineer: Dave White
- Guitar Tech: Trevor Dawkins
- Band Backline Techs: Dan Knight, Cam Atkinson
Gear
FOH
- Console: DiGiCo Quantum7 w/KLANG:kontroller
- Speakers: (212) Meyer Sound Panther L, M and W loudspeakers, in two rings (six hangs of 14 elements for the “inner” ring; eight hangs of 14 enclosures for the “outer” ring); (60) Meyer Sound 1100-LFC configured as six hangs of 10 elements each; (18) Meyer Sound 1100-LFC ground-stacked in six stacks of three; (20) Meyer Sound Leopard elements around the circular center stage for front-fill
- Networking: Meyer Sound Galaxy (1 x 816 platform; 3 x 408 platforms)
- In-the-Round Sheeran Looper Setup: (1) main pedal-board (center stage), (4) remote pedal-board controllers.
- 5-piece band setup on 4 remote stages (drums, bass, 2 guitarists, keys)
MON
- Wireless: Sennheiser 6000 Digital Wireless w/Wireless System Manager (16ch); Sennheiser 2050 (16ch) for IEMs
- Vocal Mics: Ed Sheeran Vocals: Digital 6000 Series transmitter w/ Sennheiser MM 435 capsule; Loop Vocal Mic: Sennheiser 945 capsule; Band Vocals: Sennheiser 945.
- Instrument Mics: Drums: Sennheiser, Shure, DPA; Guitars (via Fractals) and Keys (direct from Roland keys outputs): all AES into the DiGiCo Q7
Tour Details
Ed Sheeran’s ongoing + – = ÷ x (Mathematics) tour has drawn huge crowds from three continents since it launched in Dublin on April 23, 2022, with 2023 tour legs focused on Australia/New Zealand and North America. Currently pegged at #3 of the top tours of all time with total revenues of $776 million (in non-inflation-adjusted dollars) behind Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road, this multi-year mega-trek continues into 2024 with shows planned from January through September in Asia and Europe. The tour has been a valuable proving ground for advanced sound reinforcement technologies — the first to carry Milan AVB networked signals from FOH mix through to the individual loudspeaker boxes, according to Meyer Sound. The tour also incorporates Meyer Sound’s Nebra software platform for network configuration and system monitoring along with MAPP 3D prediction software to streamline the task of realigning coverage for varying stadium shapes and sizes.
