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Ed Sheeran reportedly earned over R1.4m a day over the past year and pays more tax than Starbucks

Cape Town - According to documents obtained by music publication NME Ed Sheeran is reportedly the richest solo artist in the world and allegedly pulled in an estimated 99 thousand dollars a day over the last year.

The figures show that the singer paid £5.29 million tax a figure much lower than the £4.5 million payed by Amazon and £3.3 million paid by Starbucks in the same time period.

Ed will tour South Africa for three sold out shows are taking place in 2019 on Saturday, 23 March and Sunday, 24 March at FNB Stadium and at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday 27 March.

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