Overview

• FC Barcelona officially revealed special edition shirts featuring Ed Sheeran’s ‘Play’ emblem in a club announcement on October 14.
• The logo will debut in the women’s match against Granada CF on October 19 before returning for the men’s El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu on October 26.
• The club says this marks the seventh Spotify-driven logo change on the shirt and the first featuring a male solo pop musician.
• Barcelona frames the collaboration as a cultural link between music and football, emphasizing the unifying power of music and Sheeran’s ties to the city.
• Previous iterations of the artist swap included Drake, Rosalía, The Rolling Stones, Karol G, Coldplay, and Travis Scott.