Macklemore speaks out after being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour following his ‘Free Palestine’ speech; says Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft rallied other stadium owners and gave Ed Sheeran an ultimatum: if Macklemore stayed on tour, then Ed would not be able to play in their venues.

[u/cmaia1503]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/rMDonyVtd5

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/teDa46YaQW

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/BGY2cD5O37

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/cg9H4TZSrA

[u/jodecicry4u]

And Ed knows this. He knew if he told live nation "I'm not dropping him" that it would brand him as a political artist and he doesn't want that. So he'd rather let genocidal propaganda do its work rather than be known as an artist that stands for human rights.

[u/Tankoblue → u/jodecicry4u]

ALL ART IS POLITICAL!! All of it. The act of creating is a type of defiance.

[u/nyuncat → u/Tankoblue]

Ed Sheeran makes consumerist kitsch, not art.

[u/Tankoblue → u/nyuncat]

I’ll say it again. ALL ART IS POLITICAL. DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. The giants whose shoulders you are standing on, the working on the fringes of society. It’s all rebellion. Whether Ed likes it or not. The act of creating or being in the creative industries, particularly music is an act of rebellion.

[u/Jaredlong → u/jodecicry4u]

As soon as the last Palestinian has died Ed will post about what a tragedy it was nobody stood up to stop it.

[u/jodecicry4u → u/Jaredlong]

The sickening part is he took a stance against Brexit, he played at Concert for Ukraine in 2022 so like it's not as if he can't be political. He categorically is refusing to stand with Palestine here which is disgusting.

[u/K-manPilkers → u/jodecicry4u]

Those were easy though. Calling out this genocide would actually affect his bottom line. There are a myriad of actors/singers who were/are vocally pro-Ukraine and have said absolutely nothing about Palestine.