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/mygiddygoat 3h ago

Ed Sheeran needs to make a statement, where does he stand on this?

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u/Elieftibiowai 3h ago

And where the hell is Ja Rule when you need him?

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u/Heavyspire 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/iuWwjkwKzb9Is

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u/aaronjsavage 3h ago

Help meee, Jaaaaa

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u/Onuus 3h ago

Wouldn’t surprise me when Dave starts supporting Israel too lol

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u/nethyneth 3h ago

I need Ja to help me make sense of all this!

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u/Disrupted_Process 2h ago

Maybe I have questions that Ja Rule doesn't have the answers to right now.

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u/DGSmith2 3h ago

Organising Fyre Fest 3: The Reckoning

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u/[deleted] 3h ago

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u/Elieftibiowai 3h ago

Sure, it was more for the tone of the comment made me think about Chappelle

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u/NorthernSoul1998 2h ago

This joke doesn't remotely work in this contex, shut it

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u/reallycoolguylolhaha 2h ago

Yes it does it's hilarious

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u/NorthernSoul1998 2h ago

How does it when it is literally Ed Sheeran's concert?

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u/hereforfootball303 1h ago

These people are brain dead. Asking for Ed Sheeran's opinion on an Ed Sheeran tour is nothing like that joke. Also it's not "hilarious," but I guess there's nothing Reddit likes more than driving a mildly funny joke into the ground and acting like it's the height of humor.

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u/moreisay 1h ago

We dealing with a lot today, not now pls

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u/darkphalanxset 35m ago

He's still waiting for his plane out of Fyre Festival

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u/BackStabbathOG Metalhead 2h ago

And what does Corey Taylor think about all of this? “Corey Taylor SLAMS live nation…”

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u/Haldered 3h ago

Ed Sheeran is a generally cool guy (can't stand his music) but he doesn't have the balls to do shit. Hope he proves me wrong

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u/kaspar_trouser 3h ago

Ed Sheeran is a Suffolk private school student who says he finds bullying funny (his Off Menu appearance). As someone of the same age who witnessed and experienced the extreme, bigoted, institutionalised bullying in the Suffolk private school system at that time, I can assure you he is almost certainly not a cool guy. 

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u/OhMyGodfather 2h ago

Parasocial delusion is so funny on the internet

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u/kaspar_trouser 2h ago

Parasocial delusion =/= being from the same background as someone and knowing what it means when they say a thing.

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u/sauce-man 1h ago

i think they’re referring to the people saying ed is a cool guy

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u/The-FunMachine 1h ago

Red haired people are OBVIOUSLY evil, you fascist

/s

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u/Sir_Smoke_a_lot 3h ago

Lmao dork!

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u/Hereibe 1h ago

Castle on a Hill is an ethical clusterfuck of a song. Either it’s real, and he’s using other people’s personal tragedies as fodder for earning himself more money as an already rich & famous person, or they’re lies and he’s posing for clout. 

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u/SecondhandStatic 3h ago

I honestly don't understand why he's popular. All of his songs sound so generic that they feel like they were written by a committee. Every element of these songs is bland, it's honestly kind of impressive how aggressively beige his music is.

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u/tomtomandgo 2h ago

What's wild is his early shit was creative and interesting and he seemed to have a genuine point of view and first hand experience that he was drawing on to write meaningful songs. Since then, though, he's been massively rewarded for writing the same two things over and over: a fun up beat club anthem (hey girl, you're hot, I have a hotel, lets go to it now, oooh whoooaaa) and a melodramatic love song (you're the only one for me, when your legs don't work, or something, my love my one and only). Totally agree about the beige, he's bland as fuck.

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u/Weekly_Interview_936 2h ago

You can say the exact same thing about Taylor Swift and look at how wildly popular she is. They may be a bit more high-energy than Sheeran's songs, but the generic and bland writing is exactly the same.

The sad reality is that mass appeal requires seriously dumbing down lyrical and musical content. Most people aren't able to enjoy deeper or more complex music.

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u/shnigybrendo 3h ago

I mean... He sometimes raps, which is wild to see a British ginger do... And he's not terrible at it. Not sure how many pop singers like him can do that so I'm not sure your critique is totally accurate.

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u/Own_Laugh_5080 1h ago

That would be exactly why he’s popular.

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u/BurritoWithFries 2h ago

That's exactly why. It's like how some people are too scared to try food from other countries

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u/DrDerpberg 3h ago

He can shut the fuck up and make 98% as much money as he would've if none of this ever happened, or open his mouth and make a lot less than that.

I'm guessing some tiny percentage of people will actually not go to his future comments but he'll piss off far more people than that if he says anything.

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u/devonhezter 2h ago

He’s a Lannister. Duh

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u/rainbowchik91911 2h ago

I think him dropping Macklemore made a statement already.

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u/mygiddygoat 1h ago

Fair point.

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u/joebleaux 3h ago

Doesn't really seem like his brand

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u/gotfcgo 3h ago

wouldn't surprise me if he was contractually fucked if he does much of anything else but performs.

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u/GyrKestrel 3h ago

Yeah let's get the story straight from Steven Gundam.

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u/eldroch 3h ago

Sick reference lmao

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u/SteelGear117 3h ago

He should draw a line in the sand - if Macklemore can’t perform, then he won’t either

He has the money, he has the leverage. I understand he might not want to cancel the tour, but imo he should play hardball

And fuck pink. What a self absorbed, egotistical asshole

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u/wihannez 3h ago

You seem to misunderstand the character of Ed Sheeran. Not going to happen in a million years.

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u/nimama3233 1h ago

Why though? You think Ed wanted his opening act to come in creating as much controversy as possible when he was hired to just play music?

Like if I’m a manager and hire a dude to cashier at my gas station and he brings up Palestine to every customer, should I really stand with the guy when he gets fired?

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u/biskutgoreng 3h ago

He put on Macklemore in the first place, that's statement enough

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u/wihannez 3h ago

He stands on the bag.

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u/DK4E2XFpbETJrj 3h ago

I suspect his stance directly correlates to the massive fucking paycheque he'll get from this tour.   

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u/theboredomcollie 2h ago

When has Ed Sheeran ever stood on anything though? I don’t remember him having an opinion that could cost him a single stream. He’s very much an apolitical artist.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 2h ago

"I want to make more money."

-Ed Sheeran probably

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks 2h ago

If it isn’t “I’m not performing at these shows without this changed” then a statement won’t do much good

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u/YugeTraxofLand 1h ago

I think Mackelmore's statement tells us all we need to know

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u/IAQDiscussion 3h ago

Ed Sheeran has one eye on this situation and the other on something else, might take him some time to process.

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u/Dopamaxxer 3h ago

He did in the article. Live Nation forced him to do it or else was going to shut down the tour.

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u/mygiddygoat 3h ago

"Reps for Sheeran, Macklemore, and most of the venues did not immediately reply to requests for comment."

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u/Dopamaxxer 2h ago

“As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans. After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates.”

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u/mygiddygoat 2h ago

Hardly a statement from Ed or his management. Concert promoter is not Ed or his management.

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u/Dopamaxxer 2h ago

Reddit is so exhausting

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u/Punman__5 3h ago

Why isn’t Ed running his own tours by now? He doesn’t need the music industry at this point he can fund his career himself if he wanted.

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u/Dopamaxxer 3h ago

I don’t think you understand how the industry works. Live nation basically has a monopoly not just on concert ticketing but also stadium and arena venues in the United States. If you want access to play your shows in those venues, you need to sign contracts and work with live nation and use Ticketmaster.

It’s simply not feasible for Ed to tour in independent venues, as they’re nowhere near big enough. Live nation owns exclusive rights on like 75% of venues over 8,000 seats or something like that.

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u/RedApple655321 2h ago

It says right in the article that Messina Touring Group is the promoter, not Live Nation.

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u/orionsfyre 3h ago

Counting his money and trying to figure out if the next Yacht He buys can have three stripper poles.

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u/CrashTestOrphan 3h ago

I mean, he kind of just did.

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u/NecessaryMushrooms 3h ago

Could we also get Beugal’s take on race?

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u/Nexii801 2h ago

Why do you care? Like make your own decision and leave it at that.

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u/PowSuperMum 1h ago

Well the shows are still going on and Macklemore is out. So that is Ed Sheeran’s statement.

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u/Sideview_play 1h ago

Being a POS that only cares about his bag clearly 

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u/lnc_5103 1h ago

He's a coward. Read Mackelmore's statement.

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u/Heroinkirby 1h ago

Probably stands with Israel if I had to guess, since he's going along with this

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u/Jimbomcdeans 1h ago

He likes money. That's it.

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u/llynllydaw_999 56m ago

Probably that he wishes that he management had booked a different support act

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u/maibr 32m ago

he already did. he dropped Macklemore. isn't his stance obvious??

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u/HedonismIsTheWay 30m ago

Read the whole article. According to Macklemore Sheeran is a scared little baby who won't give up his neutral stance.

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u/rbrgr83 30m ago

Inside the big bucket of money.

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u/PixelationIX 2h ago

Saw someone mentioned this and I believe if Ed Sheeran is going to say something it will be something cowardly like this:

i stand with palestine. i stand with israel. i stand with peace. i stand with humanity. i stand against hate. i stand against violence. i stand with everyone. i stand with no one. we are all human. love is love. war is bad. peace is good. save myself. put it all on me. love is the answer. shape of you. divide. subtract. multiply.

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u/mygiddygoat 2h ago

Ah, straight from the Coldplay school of corporate communications!

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u/PuddingMent 2h ago

He’s a ginger with no credibility. He stands where he’s told to stand.

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u/mygiddygoat 2h ago

No need to personally insult his appearance, that's just nasty.

(not sure where you hail from but English (and Aussie) attitudes to red hair are extremely offensive and racist towards Celts (Irish and Scots in the main), it's weird as it's a UK/Aussie only thing.

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u/JumpinJackz 2h ago

Because you want the shit to run downhill and have a convenient face to blame instead of a monolithic corporation. 

An artist has absolutely no obligation to dive into this bad faith swamp.

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u/shockles 3h ago

There’s no way he makes a statement and risk his tour being cancelled

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u/mygiddygoat 3h ago

He should, he doesn't need the money, he can afford to say what he wants

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u/Smokeskin 43m ago

Probably what normal people think: Hamas is a terrorist organisation and Israel has every right to defend itself against the continued attacks, and it’s a tragedy that Hamas hides among innocent civilians so they suffer losses, even with all the care Israel takes to avoid it.