Ed Sheeran Scores Top 5 Debut As Tour Dates Sell Out

06/22/2012
. Ed Sheeran's debut album, �+� has entered the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at no 5 this week, he highest debut for a U.K. solo artist's first full-length album, since 2009.

Sheeran's upcoming North American headline tour is proving equally popular, with several dates � including shows in Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Vancouver, New York, and Washington, DC � selling out within minutes of their availability.

The �VH1 You Oughta Know Tour with Ed Sheeran� gets underway September 19th at Boston�s House Of Blues and continues through early October.

SEPTEMBER
17 Toronto, ON Kool Haus * � SOLD OUT!
18 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal *
19 Boston, MA House of Blues � SOLD OUT!
21 New York, NY Terminal 5 � SOLD OUT!
22 Washington, DC 9:30 Club � SOLD OUT!
23 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts � SOLD OUT!
25 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
26 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
28 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre � SOLD OUT!

OCTOBER
1 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
2 San Diego, CA House of Blues
4 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom * � SOLD OUT!
5 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
6 Seattle, WA The Showbox SoDo