United Kingdom, June 15 -- Ed Sheeran has announced he's taking a break from music to "do the dad thing".

The 35-year-old singer took to the stage in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday night (13.06.26) as part of his LOOP tour, and paused to talk to the crowd in between songs.

Telling them they "may not see him again for a while", Ed added: "This is gonna be my last time here in a while. I might take some time off once this tour has ended and sort of do the dad thing.

"So if I don't see you for a while, I love you, thank you for coming."

Ed is dad to Lyra, five, and four-year-old Jupiter with wife Cherry Seaborn, and previously said he'd like to add another daughter to their family mix.

He told the Daily Star: "I dunno I think maybe I wa...