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Ed Sheeran plays two nights near Miami on the LOOP Tour — Thursday October 29 and Friday October 30, 2026, both at 8:00 PM, at Hard Rock Live inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. It’s a genuinely different kind of stop on this tour: while most LOOP Tour dates are 50,000-plus-capacity stadiums, Hard Rock Live holds just 7,000, making this one of the most intimate shows on the entire run. Here’s what to know about tickets, the venue, and where to stay if you’re building a South Florida trip around it.
Tour Dates & Tickets
Both dates are at Hard Rock Live, with an 8:00 PM start each night. Use the buttons below to compare live pricing and availability.
Worth knowing: official tickets started at around $185, with a venue presale ahead of general on-sale — resale pricing will move with demand, so it’s worth comparing both links above before booking.
About the LOOP Tour
The LOOP Tour is Ed Sheeran’s sixth concert tour and his first full North American run since 2023, supporting his eighth studio album, Play — the record that kicked off what he’s calling his “Stereo era,” with singles including “Azizam,” “Sapphire” and “Old Phone.” The tour launched in Auckland, New Zealand in January 2026, worked through Australia and Latin America, and arrives in North America for a 27-date stadium run that kicked off June 13 in Glendale, Arizona. From there it moves through Nashville, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta and more before wrapping November 7 in Tampa — with the two Hollywood shows landing near the very end of the North American leg. Aaron Rowe opens both Florida dates.
Unlike almost every other stop on the tour, the Hollywood shows aren’t in a stadium. Hard Rock Live is a purpose-built indoor venue at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which makes these two nights a noticeably closer, more contained show than the stadium dates surrounding them on the schedule.
About Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran is one of the best-selling music artists of the streaming era — an English singer-songwriter from Suffolk who built his reputation the hard way, busking and playing pub gigs across the UK before signing his first record deal. His 2011 debut album, +, went six-times platinum in the UK, and the albums that followed — x, ÷, =, and now Play — turned him into one of a handful of artists who can sell out stadiums on name alone. “Shape of You,” from 2017’s ÷, remains one of the most-streamed songs ever released, alongside enduring favourites like “Perfect,” “Photograph,” “Thinking Out Loud” and “Castle on the Hill.” Four Grammy wins and a relentless touring schedule — his previous run, the Mathematics Tour, broke attendance records worldwide before wrapping in 2025 — have made him one of live music’s most consistent stadium draws, and one of very few artists who can hold a full arena with just an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal.
What Songs to Expect
The LOOP Tour setlist leans heavily on Play, mixed with a genuinely deep run of career-spanning hits. Recent shows have opened with a stretch built around “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You,” “Sapphire,” “Castle on the Hill,” “The A Team” and “Shivers,” moved through medleys blending “Eastside,” “2002,” “Cold Water,” “Little Things” and “Love Yourself,” and closed strong with mainstage staples like “Photograph,” “Thinking Out Loud,” “Galway Girl” and “Perfect.”
True to the tour’s name, Sheeran also works in a solo loop-pedal segment — building a song up live, layer by layer, with nothing but his guitar and a pedal, the same way he did busking before any of this started. And the setlist genuinely isn’t fixed: five times a show, Sheeran hands song choice over to the crowd. Fans text in requests during the set, the votes tally live on the big screen, and he learns and plays whatever wins on the spot, no rehearsal. Earlier tour stops have turned up real deep cuts this way, including songs he hadn’t performed live in over a decade — so there’s a genuine chance you’ll hear something that isn’t on any setlist you find online beforehand.
About Hard Rock Live
Hard Rock Live sits inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida — the same resort known for its guitar-shaped hotel tower, roughly midway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The venue reopened in 2019 after a $125 million rebuild as part of the resort’s $1.5 billion expansion, with clamshell-style seating designed so the farthest seat is only 164 feet from the stage. At 7,000 capacity, it’s routinely ranked among the highest-grossing theatre-sized venues in the world, and has hosted acts from The Rolling Stones to Metallica to Billy Joel.
Where to Sit at Hard Rock Live
Clamshell-style seating means the farthest seat is only 164 feet from the stage.
This is the one venue on the entire LOOP Tour where there’s genuinely no bad seat. The clamshell design wraps every section toward the stage rather than lining them up in rows facing forward, so even the back of the upper level sits closer than the lower bowl at most of the stadiums on this run. Floor sections put you nearest the action, but if budget matters more than proximity, the upper tier is a legitimate option here in a way it usually isn’t at Ed’s stadium shows.
Getting to Hard Rock Live
Driving, rideshare and staying on-site are the three realistic options — there’s no rail line to the venue.
Hard Rock Live sits on the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino property along State Road 7, a few miles inland from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and downtown Hollywood. It isn’t on a rail line, so the practical options are driving, rideshare, or the resort’s own valet and self-parking. If you’re staying at the resort itself, you can walk straight from your room to the venue — genuinely one of the easiest concert commutes on the whole tour.
Coming from Miami or Fort Lauderdale, allow extra time for traffic on show nights, and expect rideshare pickup zones on the property to get busy as 7,000 people leave at once after a nightly headline set.
Make a Day of It
Because the show is inside a full resort rather than a standalone stadium, there’s more to do on-site than at almost any other LOOP Tour stop — a casino floor, a spa, dining and a 13.5-acre water experience all sit a short walk from the venue. If you want to range further, an Everglades airboat tour is the classic South Florida day trip from this side of the state, while a Biscayne Bay cruise past Miami’s waterfront mansions works well if you’re basing part of your trip in Miami proper.
Where to Stay Near Hard Rock Live
Staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel itself is the simplest option — no transport to plan at all. If you’d rather split your trip between the show and the beach, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Beach both give you a short evening drive to the venue with a very different daytime setting.
More Concert Travel Guides
- Ed Sheeran in Atlanta — the same LOOP Tour, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
- Bruno Mars in Vancouver — another major stadium-era run, on The Romantic Tour.
- Browse the full Concert Travel Guides hub for every current tour and residency we’re tracking.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Miami-area show at a stadium?
No — unlike most LOOP Tour dates, the Hollywood shows are at Hard Rock Live, a 7,000-capacity indoor venue at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, not a stadium.
Who is opening for Ed Sheeran in Hollywood?
Aaron Rowe opens both the October 29 and October 30 shows.
Will the setlist be the same both nights?
Not necessarily. Five times a show, Sheeran takes song requests from the crowd by text and plays whatever wins live, so the setlist genuinely varies from night to night — seeing both dates means a real chance of catching different songs.
What time do the shows start?
Both dates are scheduled for an 8:00 PM start. Check your ticket confirmation closer to the date for doors.
How far is Hard Rock Live from Miami?
Hollywood, Florida sits roughly midway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, about a 30-minute drive from downtown Miami depending on traffic.
Is there parking at the venue?
Yes — the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino offers both self-parking and valet on-site, though it’s worth arriving early on show nights.
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