Ed Sheeran played Soldier Field on Saturday night, and the Chicago Bears are still not over it. The team posted a photo of the singer wearing their jersey during his Loop Tour show, with a caption that leaned hard into his catalog: “You look Perfect, Ed.”
That’s a direct nod to his 2017 ballad “Perfect,” which has over two billion streams and got duet treatments from Beyoncé and Andrea Bocelli. The Bears attached a star-struck emoji for good measure.
Sheeran’s jersey in the photo has no number on it. That’s fine. It’s the thought that counts.
The Loop Tour kicked off its North American leg on June 13 in Glendale, Arizona. Chicago was stop number three on a run that stretches all the way to November 7, when he wraps at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. After the Chicago show, he has a week off before heading to Denver on July 4.
This tour is supporting his eighth studio album Play, which dropped in September 2025. It’s a shorter trek than the last one. The Mathematics Tour ran from April 2022 to September 2025 and packed in 182 shows. The Loop Tour is scheduled for 59 shows total, wrapping December 12, 2026.
The setlist from Soldier Field
Sheeran played a 31-song set Saturday night. He opened with “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” and closed the main set with “Afterglow.” The encore ran through “Shape of You,” “Azizam,” and “Bad Habits.”
Highlights included a medley of pop covers — “Eastside,” “2002,” “Cold Water,” “Little Things,” and “Love Yourself” — all stitched together in his usual loop-pedal style.
He also played “I See Fire,” the Hobbit song that’s become a live staple. And “Photograph” hit the set in the back half, which is basically a mandatory stadium moment at this point.
The Bears’ shoutout is the latest example of a sports team jumping on a major concert stop to grab some social media buzz. It’s low effort and high reward. A jersey, a pun, a tweet. And Sheeran’s people probably didn’t even have to clear it.
The Loop Tour picks back up July 4 in Denver. After that, it’s a long haul through cities like Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, and Miami before hitting Tampa in November.
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