Ed Sheeran breaks venue record

It's official: Ed Sheeran's tour Down Under is a record breaker. The English singer-songwriter set a new attendance mark at AAMI Park in Melbourne with 33,323 on December 5, only to break it again the next night with 33,595. 

Although it's predominantly a sporting venue, the multi-purpose AAMI Park has hosted concerts from the likes of the Foo Fighters (in 2011) and Bruce Springsteen, who previously held the record when he drew a crowd of 31,847 for a show back in February 2014. Taylor Swift's 1989 tour will stop at AAMI Park this weekend.

Sheeran's box-office achievements are particularly lofty when taken into consideration it's his second time in the market this year (he sold-out three shows at Melbourne's 15,000-capacity Rod Laver Arena in March) and he's performing without a backing band.

The artiste wrapps his Australia trek on Wednesday (today) with a concert at Sydney's Alliance Stadium, then heads east for a single New Zealand date Saturday (December 12) at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium.