In September 2026, [english] singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his team removed [USian] rapper Macklemore as a supporting act from Sheeran's Loop Tour after Macklemore's onstage "free Palestine" statements in support of Palestinian liberation

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#palestine #edsheeran #peterkraft #kraftcheese

@grootinside
#Macklemore
" #RobertKraft called...scheduled to play #GilletteStadium ...owned by kraft group ...Kraft said I would not be allowed..."

WTF, when you are WORKING with royal power queens or power kings, you RECORD EVERYTHING they say.
Then you say, "Yes, Sir" and later PLAY THEIR SHIT to your audience ‼️

#EdSheeran also ran away from #socialmedia so I understand his attitude, but #Pink, "a #Jewish mom" has nothing to do with it

@paul
Yeah, #capitulating not the way

Shitty actions deserve consequences. May Ed learn his lesson. There is no neutrality when it comes to genocide. Free Palestine.

#freepalestine #edsheeran

⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)

2026-09-15 21:21:05

Update on the #Macklemore #EdSheeran #Pink #RobertKraft drama

In solidary with Macklemore:

#Finneas quit

#AaronRowe quit

#LukasGraham quit

Ed's own backing band, #Beoga, quit

💪 😤

All of his opening acts on his #LoopTour

So Ed reaps the taste of ash in his mouth over his desire to be "neutral" on #genocide

nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-cu…

mastodon.social/@benroyce/1172…

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #music

Finneas and other acts exit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore being dropped over pro-Palestinian remarks

All of Sheeran’s listed openers have left the tour after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft worked to have Macklemore removed.

^{Doha Madani (NBC News)}

Nice job!

“ALL OF ED SHEERAN’S OPENERS ABANDON TOUR AFTER MACKLEMORE DEBACLE”

#EdSheeran #FreePalestine

rollingstone.com/music/music-n…

"All four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour have withdrawn in solidarity with fellow opening act Macklemore, as backlash grows to his removal from the tour over onstage comments in support of Palestine."

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s… #Macklemore #EdSheeran #Finneas #AaronRowe #Beoga #LukasGraham #FreePalestine #Palestine #Gaza

#LukasGraham statement on the #EdSheeran drama

well said Lukas

👏 👏 👏

A LARGE BAG OF MONEY IS NOT FREE SPEECH

instagram.com/lukasgraham/

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #music #Christiania #Denmark #RobertKraft #plutocracy #FreeSpeech #Pink #Macklemore

imagine if #EdSheeran reached out to #Macklemore, #AaronRowe, #LukasGraham, #Beoga, and #Finneas and said:

"let's go forward anyway, and reach out to venues and public spaces that aren't controlled by #RobertKraft and his plutocrat shit pals, and just keep going"

i think they would say yes

i think they could find the venues

and i think it would be a massive boost to the #LoopTour and become a massive expression of good will for the people of #Palestine

if only

imagine being the kind of person who sees the public will, and sees plutocrats pulling their usual controlling abuses, and going "i think siding with the plutocrat is the wise move"

you done learned #EdSheeran. the hard way

pure speculation:

from a purely pragmatic public relations point of view, i think #EdSheeran's only option at this point is to cancel the whole tour

with a massive black eye on his reputation

well deserved

and that will be a *big* lesson to all the "i don't do politics" spineless types out there

to continue to tour with... who? tud nugent? will just serve as a beacon for more anger and ire directed at him

Update on the #Macklemore #EdSheeran #Pink #RobertKraft drama

In solidary with Macklemore:

#Finneas quit

#AaronRowe quit

#LukasGraham quit

Ed's own backing band, #Beoga, quit

💪 😤

All of his opening acts on his #LoopTour

So Ed reaps the taste of ash in his mouth over his desire to be "neutral" on #genocide

nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-cu…

mastodon.social/@benroyce/1172…

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #music

⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)

2026-09-15 02:44:27

I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour

I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news

I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges

And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed

Effective communication on an important topic

instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/

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#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Pink #RobertKraft #music

BEN on Instagram: "🇵🇸✨❤️"

4M likes, 146K comments - macklemore on September 14, 2026: "🇵🇸✨❤️".

^Instagram

"I don't take sides" is fine for football matches.

When speaking of a genocide "I don't take sides" is complicity with mass murder.

#genocide #Gaza #Macklemore #EdSheeran

⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)

2026-09-15 02:49:20

I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides." And I get why people don't. Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I've lost all of those things.

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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour

I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news

I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges

And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed

Effective communication on an important topic

instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/

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#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Pink #RobertKraft #music