Suffolk's Ed Sheeran to take a break after a 'non stop' two years

Suffolk's Ed Sheeran has said he will take a break from work and social media after being "non stop" for the past two years.

The singer-songwriter said that he will return with more music after he has spent time travelling, writing and reading, and when he has "lived a little more".

He made the announcement in a message to his 32.2 million Instagram followers:

Sheeran previously took a hiatus from work and his social media platforms in 2016.

His two-year Divide tour ended this year after he played to nine million fans in nearly 50 countries across 260 shows.

The tour launched in March 2017 and saw him spend 893 days on the road.Sheeran's latest album, No. 6 Collaborations Project, was released this year and topped the charts for several weeks.

He was recently named the number one artist of the decade by the Official Charts Company, having had 12 number ones across the official singles and albums chart between 2010 and 2019, more than any other artist.

He has also spent the most weeks at number one across both charts over the last decade, at 79 weeks.