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Ed Sheeran tour drops Macklemore after his onstage support for Palestine (theneedledrop.com)
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Rapper Macklemore is a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza residents. During a recent concert at MetLife Stadium, he yelled "Free Palestine!" onstage, projected images of devastation in the area, and performed protest song "Hind's Hall."

Now, it seems that American venues are not willing to play ball with the Seattle artist, and he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.

"After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates," according to Messina Touring Group, the promoter of Loop Tour. This news follows backlash from organizations like StopAntisemitism and others, such as pop star Pink.

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[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 58 points 5 days ago

Well fuck Ed Sheeran then.

[–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

fuck ed sheeran imagine being like this, this late into the Genocide?

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ed Sheeran is the quintessential red-headed bastard step-child.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is taking a side Ed.

[–] justlemmyin@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yep as the wonderful mister technology connections made me think and realise in one of his unexpected but very welcome rants, people who claim to be apolitical remain so until politics comes for them, then they suddenly become political, selfish asses.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 days ago

Ed Sheeran is a coward

[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 days ago

Instant infusion of relevance for Macklemore.

Also, fuck Pink.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 13 points 4 days ago

As if Sheeran's anodyne, shitty music wasn't grounds enough to dislike him.

[–] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

I'm not a huge fan of either, but I like Macklemore a little more and Ed Sheeran a little less than I did this morning.