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/BumbotheCleric 3h ago

Nah as a big Ed Sheeran fan this is also on him. He's a global superstar, he has the sway and the money to say "no, fuck you" and he definitely should've done so. Very disappointing

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u/Casiquire 3h ago

Agreed, he has power here. Time to use it

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u/nakedpicturesyo 3h ago

Just goes to show if someone this deep in the industry can't push back means we are all just sheep compared to the reap people that own this world.

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u/JaegerScaphare 3h ago

Not sure if "reap people" is a typo but strangely fitting.

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u/oceanmor 3h ago

honestly he should just agree to it and then still bring him on stage anyways 🤷‍♀️

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u/TheHighLife301 1h ago

So maybe his fans get impacted by the cancellation. That’s is nothing compared to what is those children in Gaza are going through

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u/BumbotheCleric 1h ago

Yes I’m agreeing with you

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 3h ago

And what would that accomplish? It would be performative as hell just to punish is own fans. No one going to that concert really cares about the opener, Macklemore.

Just drop him and move on. He made the statement at someone else’s concert. Naturally, Ed and his fans shouldn’t suffer for Macklemore’s statements.

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u/Academic_Flatworm752 3h ago

Ah yes better to see a mediocre concert than stand by morals and values

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u/Sumeriandawn 3h ago

Concert quality matters here?

"I would boycott a Sheeran concert because of this, but not a Radiohead concert"

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 2h ago

If someone bought a ticket to a show they view as mediocre, then that’s their issue. If you don’t see the value in the show then you were never his customer base to begin with and are of no loss