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Ed Sheeran adds Snow Patrol as opener for Atlanta concert

Snow Patrol will open for Ed Sheeran. Photo: Simon Lipman

Credit: Simon Lipman

Credit: Simon Lipman

Snow Patrol will open for Ed Sheeran. Photo: Simon Lipman
By Melissa Ruggieri
May 25, 2018

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

Snow Patrol has been added as the opening act to Ed Sheeran’s Atlanta concert later this year.

The Irish band behind hits such as “Chasing Cars,” “Run” and “Just Say Yes” will be with Sheeran for his stadium tour, which plays Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Nov. 10.

Snow Patrol just released “Wildness,” its first album in seven years.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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