Fra marts til september 2013 spillede Sheeran på arenaer og stadioner i hele Nordamerika som åbningsakten til Swifts [[The Red Tour]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=27. oktober 2012|title=Taylor Swift Tour to Paint the Road 'Red'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474440/taylor-swift-tour-to-paint-the-road-red|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6. december 2012}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-McLean">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/10859780/Ed-Sheeran-interview-I-dont-make-music-for-critics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/10859780/Ed-Sheeran-interview-I-dont-make-music-for-critics.html |archive-date=10. januar 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ed Sheeran interview: 'I don't make music for critics'|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=16. juli 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=14. november 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ifølge Sheeran var det dengang hans største turné, og han tilføjede en skarlagenrød RØD tatovering for at mindes den.<ref name="MTV-Kaufman">{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=31. oktober 2012|title=Ed Sheeran Calls Taylor Swift Opening Gig 'Mind-blowing' – Music, Celebrity, Artist News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696524/taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-opening-act-red-tour.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|access-date=8. juni 2013}}</ref> I oktober 2013 stod Sheeran for tre udsolgte shows i New Yorks [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref name="Telegraph-McLean"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|date=2. november 2013|title=Taylor Swift Gives Ed Sheeran Some 'Love' With Surprise Concert Appearance|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1716719/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-concert-surprise-new-york-city/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=14. november 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/watch-ed-sheeran-perform-sweet-thinking-out-loud-for-austin-city-limits-20150403|title=Watch Ed Sheeran Perform Sweet 'Thinking Out Loud' for 'Austin City Limits'|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|date=3. april 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=14. november 2015}}{{Dødt link|date=november 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Under koncerten debuterede Sheeran med nye sange, herunder "[[Tenerife Sea]]", <ref>{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=20. marts 2014|title=If Ed Sheeran Sees His Own Shadow, Will He Drop A New Single in April?|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1724462/if-ed-sheeran-sees-his-own-shadow-will-he-drop-a-new-single-in-april/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=14. november 2015}}</ref> et fremtidigt nummer på hans andet studiealbum. Sheeran udgav "[[I See Fire]]" den 5. november 2013. Sangen er med i [[afslutningstekst|sluttekst]] af filmen ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', [[Music of The Hobbit-filmserien#The Desolation of Smaug|filmens soundtrack]], og på deluxe-versionen af hans andet album <ref>{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Jamie|date=5. november 2013|title=Ed Sheeran debuts new solo song 'I See Fire' for 'Hobbit' movie|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/news/a528784/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-solo-song-i-see-fire-for-hobbit-movie-listen.html|work=Digital Spy|location=Australia|access-date=19. februar 2014}}</ref> Sheeran blev nomineret til en Grammy Award for Best New Artist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5819883/grammy-awards-2014-full-nominations-list-complete-nominees |title=Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List |magazine=Billboard |date=6. december 2013 |access-date=29. marts 2014}}</ref>
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