“Visiting Hours” is the second single released by Ed Sheeran ahead of his fifth studio album, = (Equals).

This emotional ode to a departed loved one was debuted live at the state funeral of renowned Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski back on March 24, 2021.

Sheeran was forced to quarantine for two weeks in order to attend the funeral and noted that in that time he finished the song near the Hawkesbury River in Australia.