Ed Sheeran performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024. Photos: Steve Carlson/STAFF and Matt Pang/STAFF. NAPA — It was just a couple of songs into Ed Sheeran’s headlining BottleRock set when he told a story of his first hit, “The A Team,”…

Ed Sheeran performs with The Offspring during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Sunday BottleRock Napa Valley headliner Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance earlier in the day during the performance by rock band The Offspring. The two played…

Ed Sheeran, “Autumn Variations.” The seventh album by Ed Sheeran is a collection of firsts. It’s the first release on Sheeran’s own Gingerbread Man Records and a shift in lyrical inspiration—an 1800s composer named Elgar. Sheeran constructed a 14-track album with each song about a friend in his life.…

Ed Sheeran performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Sept. 16, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Leave it to Ed Sheeran to stand in front of 77,000 people and make time stand still. The English singer-songwriter brought the Mathematics Tour (+-=÷x) to Levi’s Stadium Saturday,…

Ed Sheeran performs during a Subtract Tour club show at Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 15, 2023. Courtesy Mark Surridge. OAKLAND — Going on two tours simultaneously may have initially raised some eyebrows, but there’s a clear reason pop star Ed Sheeran separated his stadium Mathematics Tour (+–=÷×)…

Ed Sheeran, “- (Subtract).” It’s a good thing Ed Sheeran wasn’t forced into self-imposed exile, or fans might never have heard his sixth album, – (Subtract). The 14-song set cuts to the core of the artist’s sensibility as a songwriter, often leaving songs to just his voice and acoustic guitar.…

Ed Sheeran, courtesy Annie Leibovitz. Ed Sheeran has announced a series of club shows that will coincide with “The Mathematics Tour” of stadiums this spring and summer. The “Subtract Tour” includes a show at Oakland’s Fox Theater on Sept. 15, the day before his show at Levi’s Stadium in…

Ed Sheeran’s album ÷ was so widely played and internationally successful it’s hard to believe it’s been over three and a half years since its release. Though he did produce No. 6 Collaborations Project, an entirely collaborative, genre-expansive endeavor, it didn’t follow the same format or sound as his string…

Maisie Peters, courtesy Lillie Eiger. It took three tries, but Maisie Peters finally got her drivers license, using her parents’ car, naturally. However, soon after that, the singer-songwriter moved back to London, where she hasn’t needed a car. In fact, she hasn’t driven a car—not even once—since passing that…

Ed Sheeran could never shoot straight. He tragically passed away shortly after his appearance in the ‘Star Wars’ series. Condolences, in the form of cash, may be sent to the RIFF office. This weekend marks one of the most pervasive and joyous of American traditions: something beloved by young…