'The A Team' sensation Ed Sheeran has confirmed that he will no longer tour the US in support of Snow Patrol due to "personal reasons".

The singer-songwriter has already performed at some of the scheduled dates, but revealed that he will not continue with the tour because he needs to return to the UK although he hasn't specified why exactly.

Writing on his official Twitter page this morning (May 8), Sheeran explained:

"Sorry to announce that I have to miss the last 4 days of the snow patrol tour, have to get back to england, but il be back in June and sept. Hope everyone understands, lots of love x"

A disheartened fan then wrote to him saying she had been bought a ticket to one of the shows as a birthday present and he quickly responded, admitting that it's important that he leaves the tour to get home:

"I'll be back in September, so sorry to cancel, have to get home for personal reasons."