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\"Most of all I want to thank my fantastic touring team, who have given up their lives for 2 and a half years to help me achieve my dreams,\" he concluded the post. \"Thank you for all of your hard work and constant friendship. The Divide tour - 2017 -2019. Officially the biggest tour of all time, so weird to say that, and we survived it!\"

He also noted that the tour lasted 893 days and those involved experienced \"2 broken arms, 3 marriages\" and \"4 babies.\"

Sheeran and his crew traveled a total of 193,265 miles and visited 175 cities in 46 countries.

According to Billboard Boxscore, the tour sold 8.9 million tickets and grossed $776.2 million.

During his final hometown show in Ipswich, England, on Monday, Sheeran reportedly told the crowd it probably would be his last gig for 18 months. He later shared an Instagram story clarifying that the time span would be used \"to make another album and hang out with my cats.\"

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