Ed Sheeran will perform his entire new album Autumn Variations during his upcoming shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall

He is about to release his seventh album, Autumn Variations.

And in order to make sure fans stay excited for the release, Ed Sheeran announced two special, one-off shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, on Friday.

The singer, 32, will play the entire record in full on both nights and will be accompanied by a live band and string section.

The exclusive shows will be the last time Ed performs in the UK this year and will take place on November 18 and 19.

After announcing the gigs, titled Last Days of Autumn, the Royal Albert Hall X account commented ‘This is gonna be special’.

Special: The singer, 32, will play the entire album in full on both nights and will be accompanied by a live band and string section

Last time: The two special shows are titled Last Days of Autumn and will be the last time fans can see Ed perform in the UK this year

Other fans flocked to the comment section on Ed’s socials to express their delight.

One user commented: ‘So EDcited for the new Album!! Already pre-ordered!’ (sic) followed by a string of Autumn themed emojis.

Another penned: ‘Need this in my life right now’

A third seemed to pray for things to go in their favour and wrote: ‘May the ticket gods be merciful’ followed by a fingers crossed emoji.

Autumn Variations is due to be released on September 29 and will be Ed’s first album released by his own record label, Gingerbread Man Records.

In addition, this will also be the first time the singer hasn’t featured any collaborations on an album and is only the second time the title does not contain a mathematical symbol.

Last month, Ed updated his Instagram profile picture to the album cover art and shared a video to his feed which explained what the album will be about, he said: ‘The sun is shining but Autumn is coming.

‘I find that Autumn is a season with a lot of change.’

Excitement: Fans flocked to the comment section of Ed’s socials to share their delight in the exclusive shows with tickets on sale next week

The cover: The singer updated his Instagram profile picture to the album cover art and shared a video to his feed which explained what the album will be about

Challenges: Last year, Ed and his family went through a troubling time with his wife Cherry being diagnosed with a tumour whilst pregnant with their second child

He continued, ‘Coming out of Summer, people are getting out of relationships, getting into relationships, being very lonely.

‘I just found my friends and me were going through sort of different things in Autumn.’

The musician then explained in Autumn 2022 everything appeared to either be calm and settled or fell apart and imploded for all his friends.

He said: ‘When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on.

‘When I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time.’

The album will feature 14 songs and focus on a range of emotions including heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.

Song names include Magical, England, Amazing, Plastic Bag and Blue.