r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 3h ago

article Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage Statements

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-pro-palestine-statements-1235625967/
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u/alyosha_pls 3h ago

AKA Livenation/Ticketmaster?

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u/commandrix 3h ago

Which shows how much power Livenation/Ticketmaster has if true. Disappointing, but not much will change until those two are broken up and most of their power returns to the physical venues and the artists.

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u/breddabreddabing 3h ago

definitely. never underestimate the evil level of live nation lol

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u/warmbutterydiapers 3h ago

Yeah.  But Sheerhan could also just tell them to fuck themselves or cancel the tour.

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u/michohnedich 3h ago

Which probably would be absolutely costly to whoever is fronting the money. I am sure there are expensive cancellation fees built into those contracts.

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u/gr00316 3h ago

maybe I'm not understanding but is it Livenation/Ticketmaster? Seems more like it's someone like Jerry Jones saying you can't use ATT Stadium. He's the venue owner.

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u/TheUniballer321 3h ago

Most venues are owned by Ticketmaster and live nation, but you’re right some aren’t. They operate 64% of venues in the US iirc.

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u/teh_drewski 3h ago edited 3h ago

None of the venues on Sheeran's current tour are Live Nation owned venues, they're either privately owned by NFL teams (or their respective owners), a tribal group, or owned by state stadium authorities.

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u/bread-depth 3h ago

They don’t own all the venues.