Ed Sheeran contemplated retirement after daughter's birth

wonderwall.com:

Ed Sheeran nearly put his guitar away for good after the birth of his daughter.While speaking to Sirius XM Hits 1, the singer recalled being confused about his future while coming off his tour in 2019, which grossed more than $776 million via 260 shows."I had finished the Divide tour and Divide sold definitely like over 22 million copies, which is like more copies than I've ever sold with an album.

The tour was heavily publicized, it was the biggest tour of all time and sold in like 19 seconds," he said. "I remember standing on the Ipswich stage finishing and then getting off stage and just being like, I'm 28.

And like, I don't know what to do now — I've chased and chased and chased and chased and got to this thing and then in my year off I.