Ed Sheeran purchases stake in Ipswich City soccer membership
Ed Sheeran has bought a stake within the Ipswich City soccer membership – discover out extra beneath.
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The singer-songwriter, who has been a lifelong fan of the soccer membership, has bought a minority stake amounting 1.4 per cent according to the Ipswich Town football club in a statement. Sheeran has been the entrance of blouse sponsor for the Males’s and Ladies’s groups since 2021.
In accordance with the Ipswich City soccer membership’s assertion, Sheeran’s stake within the membership is a “passive and minority funding”, and won’t outcome within the musician becoming a member of the board or turning into a voting shareholder.
As of now, Sheeran’s solely perk that comes with the minority stake buy is the “long-term use of an government field at Portman Highway stadium, which he has personalised forward of the 2024/25 season”.
Sheeran mentioned within the assertion: “I’m actually excited to have purchased a small share of my hometown soccer membership. It’s any soccer fan’s dream to be an proprietor of the membership they assist, and I really feel so grateful for this chance.”
“I’ve lived in Suffolk since I used to be three years previous and, whereas I journey the world and generally really feel like an outsider in huge cities, Suffolk and Ipswich have all the time made me really feel a part of the group and guarded,” he continued.
“It’s such a pleasure to be a fan of Ipswich City. There are ups and downs however soccer is all about taking the highs and the lows. I’m not a voting shareholder or a board member, that is simply me placing some cash into the membership I like and them returning the gesture, so please don’t get onto me with signing solutions or techniques to play! I’m excited for the Premier League to start out this weekend. Let’s go!”
In different Ed Sheeran information, it was introduced final month that he has written and recorded a brand new music, ‘Underneath The Tree’, for an upcoming Christmas film directed by Simon Otto and written and produced by Richard Curtis.
The music will characteristic in That Christmas, an animated movie that’s set to return to Netflix on December 6. Among the many stars offering their voices are Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker and Invoice Nighy – the previous voices Santa Claus, whereas the others voice residents of a seaside city the place issues flip the other way up one Christmas.
Sheeran just lately confirmed he had offered 600,000 tickets in 60 minutes for his ‘Arithmetic’ tour. As such, he added a number of latest dates for his present EU run, together with exhibits in Germany, Norway, Belgium, Sweden and Denmark – get any remaining tickets here and see all dates beneath:
Ed Sheeran’s 2025 ‘Arithmetic’ European tour dates are:
AUGUST
7 – Belgium, Antwerp, Middenvijver Park
8 – Belgium, Antwerp, Middenvijver Park
16 – Poland, Wroclaw, Tarczyński Area
22 – Sweden, Stockholm, Strawberry Area
23 – Sweden, Stockholm, Strawberry Area
29 – Denmark, Copenhagen, Øresundsparken
30 – Denmark, Copenhagen, Øresundsparken
31 – Denmark, Copenhagen, Øresundsparken
SEPTEMBER
5 – Germany, Dusseldorf, Merkur Spiel-Area
6 – Germany, Dusseldorf, Merkur Spiel-Area
Elsewhere you’ll be able to watch Adele and Ed Sheeran cheer on England on the historic Euro 2024 semi-final.