Ed Sheeran Set to Embark on North American Arena Tour

Ed Sheeran on Wednesday announced a 48-date North American arena tour, slated to kick off at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., on June 29 and run through an Oct. 6 show at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. All pre-sales for the massive outing in support of Sheeran’s third album, Divide, will be powered by Ticketmaster’s new Verified Fan software, which is intended to help artists combat bots and get tickets into the hands of true Sheerios.

Presales are set to begin on Monday at 10 a.m. local time and run through March 16 at 10 p.m.; general public tickets will go on sale March 17 at 10 a.m. For more information, click here.

The tour will celebrate the tremendous success the Grammy-winning singer has had with his third LP, including the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 debut of “Shape of You,” which has topped the chart for six weeks so far, while second single “Castle on the Hill” entered at No. 6, making Sheeran the first artist to ever have two singles make simultaneous top 10 debuts in the chart’s 58-year history. Official audio videos for the 16 songs from Divide also broke the 1 billion YouTube views mark just two days after the album’s release last week.

Sheeran unveiled the tour dates during a live appearance at New York City’s Rockefeller Center as part of The Today Show‘s City Concert Series.

The Divide North American tour dates:

6/29 — Kansas City, Mo. @ Spring Center
6/30 — Des Moines, Iowa @ Wells Fargo Arena
7/1 — St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center
7/7 — Toronto, Ont. @ Air Canada Centre
7/9 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ KeyBank Center
7/11 — Philadelphia, Penn. @ Wells Fargo Center
7/14-15 — Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
7/18 — Quebec City, Que. @ Videotron Centre
7/19 — Montreal, Que. @ Bell Centre
7/22 — Winnipeg, Man. @ MTS Centre
7/23 — Saskatoon, Sask. @ SaskTel Centre
7/25 — Edmonton, Alta. @ Rogers Place
7/28 —  Vancouver, B.C. @ Rogers Arena
7/29 — Tacoma, Wash. @ Tacoma Dome
7/30 — Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center
8/1 — Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center
8/2 — Oakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena
8/4 — Las Vegas, N.V. @ T-Mobile Arena
8/5 — Glendale, Ariz. @ Gila River Arena
8/6 — San Diego, Calif. @ Valley View Casino Center
8/10 — Los Angeles, Calif. @Staples Center
8/15 — Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center
8/17 — Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center
8/18 — Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center
8/19 — Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center
8/22 — San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center
8/25 — Duluth, Ga. @ Infinite Energy Center
8/29 — Tampa, Fla. @ Amalie Arena
8/30 — Miami, Fla. @ American Airlines Arena
8/31 — Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center
9/2 — Raleigh, N.C. @ PNC Arena
9/3 — Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center
9/5 — Charleston, S.C. @ North Charleston Coliseum
9/7 — Louisville, Ken. @ KFC YUM! Center
9/8 — Indianapolis, Ind. @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9/9 — Cleveland, Ohio @ Quicken Loans Arena
9/12 — Omaha, Neb. @ CenturyLink Center
9/15 — Chicago, Ill. @ Allstate Arena
9/17 — St. Louis, Mo. @ Scottrade Center
9/19 — Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
9/22 — Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden
9/26 — Pittsburgh, Penn. @ PPG Paints Arena
9/27 — Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena
9/29 — Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
9/30 — Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
10/3 — Columbus, Ohio @ Nationwide Arena
10/6 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena

This story first appeared on Billboard.com.