Who Is Opening for Ed Sheeran on the 2026 Loop Tour?

Ed Sheeran brings the Loop Tour to North American stadiums through the back half of 2026, touring his 2025 album Play across a run that stretches from June into November. Like a lot of stadium tours at this scale, the support slot is not one act for the whole thing. Sheeran rotates a deep bench of openers, so the undercard changes depending on which city and night you catch. Here is who is opening, what each act brings, and where the tour heads next.

How the Support Lineup Works

Sheeran does not carry a single opener across the entire North American run. Instead, a group of artists splits the calendar, with each act covering a stretch of dates rather than the whole tour. Some nights stack two or three support acts, so the bill in one city can look very different from the show two states over. The smart move is to check the specific date before you buy, since the opener is the part of the night most likely to change from stop to stop.

The one constant is Myles Smith, the rising British singer-songwriter who anchors many of the marquee dates. Around him, the rest of the roster rotates in and out.

The 2026 Openers

Myles Smith

The most frequent name on the bill, Smith broke through on the strength of folk-pop singles built for exactly this kind of room. He gets the heaviest billing of the support acts and opens many of the biggest stadium nights, including Nashville and Chicago.

Macklemore

The Seattle rapper brings the highest-wattage name on the undercard, joining select East Coast dates including East Rutherford, Philadelphia, and Tampa. His catalog of arena-sized hits makes him closer to a co-headliner on the nights he plays.

Lukas Graham

The Danish band behind a run of global pop hits covers a stretch of dates including Minneapolis, Toronto, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Tampa. Their big, hook-driven songs are a natural fit for a stadium warmup.

Sigrid

The Norwegian pop star takes the support slot in Las Vegas, bringing the kind of high-energy, synth-forward set that translates well to a stadium crowd settling in for the night.

Amble

Amble is the Irish folk trio adding an acoustic, harmony-rich dimension to the early part of the evening on dates including Nashville and Chicago. They are worth showing up early for if you love Sheeran's quieter, songwriter side.

Aaron Rowe

Aaron Rowe is the Dublin singer-songwriter who appears on more North American dates than almost anyone else on the roster, popping up across Nashville, Milwaukee, Denver, Las Vegas, Toronto, Philadelphia, and Florida. He is one of the newer names getting a major platform on this tour.

Mark Ambor

Ambor brings a sunny, feel-good pop sound to select dates and is a fitting opener for the singalong atmosphere these shows are built around.

Ellie Banke

One of the up-and-coming names on the bill, Banke opens a handful of dates including Chicago and Minneapolis, an early-evening warmup for fans filing in.

Where Ed Sheeran Is Playing Next

The North American run keeps Sheeran busy coast to coast. Upcoming stops include Nashville on June 20 and 21, Milwaukee on June 26, Chicago on June 27 and 28, and Denver on July 4 and 5. The West Coast swing runs through Las Vegas, San Diego, Santa Clara, Seattle, and Inglewood across July and early August. From there the tour moves through Minneapolis, a six-night Toronto stand, Detroit, a run at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, Philadelphia, and Foxborough, before closing out the year with Atlanta, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Arlington, and a pair of Florida dates in Hollywood and Tampa.

You can see the full, current routing on the Ed Sheeran artist page, which pulls live dates as they are announced.

Getting Tickets

Because the openers rotate, the best approach is to pick the support act you most want to see, then find the date and city where they are on the bill. The big-name nights with Macklemore and the multi-act stadium shows tend to move fastest. For everything else, check the specific date on the artist page before buying, since the undercard is the part of the night most likely to shift from city to city.