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Ed Sheeran announces James Blunt as support act for North American tour

The pair will be touring North America this June.

Ed Sheeran has announced that James Blunt will be supporting him on his North American tour.

Sheeran revealed that Blunt will open his forthcoming 48-date tour, which kicks off in Kansas City on June 29, on Twitter earlier today (March 20).

Happy to announce my opening act on my North American tour is @jamesblunt x — Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) March 20, 2017

The pair have recently worked on several new songs together , set to appear on Blunt’s new album, ‘The Afterlove’. The first of which, ‘Make Me Better’, co-written by Sheeran and his regular collaborator Johnny McDaid, was released earlier this month.

Fed up of @edsheeran in your feed? Here's a new song of mine to listen to instead. Oh… I wrote it with Ed. https://t.co/X8YHGydItS — James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 3, 2017

Sheeran is due to embark on his UK tour next week, with dates lined up in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and more.

Last week, the singer-songwriter was revealed as the final headliner at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, prompting a mixed response from festival-goers .

In a recent interview, Blunt admitted that he and Sheeran made up a story about Princess Beatrice cutting Sheeran’s face with a sword .

It was reported in November that Princess Beatrice had accidentally slashed Sheeran’s face while she pretended to knight Blunt at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

See the North American tour dates in full below:

Kansas City, MO @ Spring Center (June 29) Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena (30) St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center (July 1) Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre (7) Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center (9) Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center (11) Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (14) Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (15) Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre (18) Montreal, QC @Bell Centre (19) Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre (22) Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre (23) Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place (25) Vancouver, BC @Rogers Arena (28) Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome (29) Portland, OR @ Moda Center (30) Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center (August 1) Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena (2) Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena (4) Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena (5) San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center (6) Los Angeles, CA @Staples Center (10) Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center (15) Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center (17) Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center (18) Houston, TX @ Toyota Center (19) San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center (22) Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center (25) Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena (29) Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena (30) Orlando, FL @ Amway Center (31) Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena (September 2) Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center (3) Charleston, SC @North Charleston Coliseu (5) Louisville, KY @ KFC YUM! Center (7) Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse (8) Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena (9) Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center (12) Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (15) St Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center (17) Washington, DC @ Verizon Center (19) Boston, MA @ TD Garden (22) Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena (26) Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena (27) Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center (29) Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center (30) Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena (October 3) Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena (6)

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Ed Sheeran announces James Blunt as his support act for North American tour

Ed Sheeran has announced that James Blunt will be his support act for the North American leg of his tour.

The pop star, whose new album Divide is currently sitting at the top of the charts, will take his good friend on the road with him this summer.

Confirming the news in a tweet on Monday, Sheeran wrote: “Happy to announce my opening act on my North American tour is @jamesblunt x.”

Sheeran will spent the next few months touring Europe and is expected to jet over to the US in June.

Blunt is also about to release his brand new album, The Afterlove, which features a number of tracks co-written by Sheeran.

Speaking about penning a song about his wife with his friend, Blunt told The Telegraph: “It’s a song I’m uncomfortable with for that reason.

“Ed said ‘Come on, it’s your job, you veil a lot of things,’ for that reason it was great to work with him.”

Blunt also recently admitted that their story about Princess Beatrice cutting Sheeran’s face with a sword was just a joke.

The British singer-songwriter claims that his friend accidently slashed open his own face and the pair fabricated the ‘fancy’ story as a joke.

“Ed was drunk, messing around, and he cut himself. We made a fancy story up; people fell for it. It was very embarrassing,” Blunt told Shortlist.

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The Beautiful singer went on to say that the pair were surprised that people ‘fell for’ the story that the Princess cut Sheeran while pretending to knight him at a party.

When asked how much of the story was false, he said: “All of it. Apart from the actual scar. It’s bizarre that people fell for it."

Blunt, who is good friends with Sheeran laid the blame at his door, joking: "I blame him. He must be desperate – he’s trying to sell records.

"He cut himself and I just patched him up. It’s made him look prettier.”