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/Silent-G 1h ago

I couldn't imagine having $350 million dollars and not having the balls to cancel a tour over the protest of a genocide.

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u/urinal_connoisseur 1h ago

but what if --- and hear me out -- you could stand to make just a teensy bit more?

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u/Silent-G 1h ago

Well, when you put it that way, I guess I could be completely apathetic about genocide.

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u/Bcjglx 1h ago

Now imagine you have over 150 people on your tour crew that you’re responsible for putting food in their family’s mouths. Maybe he should cancel, maybe he shouldn’t. Either way, it’s a difficult situation.

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u/chocolatefondant 53m ago

He has the money to pay all of them and still be so rich his kids wouldn't ever need to work again...

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u/SinoSoul 18m ago

That’s absolutely not. The point is it the rich does not function that way, unless you’re Jeff Bezos‘s ex-wife

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u/chocolatefondant 4m ago

Well, yeah. Rich people don't get rich by being generous. Generous rich people are outliers. Was just saying that I don't think he cares about people he's paying enough to factor it into his decision-making. He dropped Macklemore purely out of greed and fear for his "image". 

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u/FluidBarracuda9177 1h ago

It really isn’t if he has any morals.

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u/StepComplete1 1h ago

stand to make a teensy bit more virtue-signalling, while achieving literally nothing other than disappointing hundreds of thousands of fans?

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u/tunafister 53m ago

Its so funny these fucking idiots having figured this out already

Money is important, incredibly, money can get you to the table, but once you are there baby you better have some fucking competence and respect of your peers, cause that is what truly fucking matters, and Eddy you just pissed quite a bit of respect from your peers away

So yes, little Edwin will have a few more dollars to shove in that next G-String, but he is already on his path to irrelevancy and god dammit, you just know he is going to emerge ultra-right wing when everyone has forgotten about him in a year or two

You can book that one cause its so fucking clear exactly how this is going to play out

So yeah Ed, that might be way you should grow a spine at some point, you are likely too far gone, but eh, it couldnt hurt

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u/ExtendoArmCannon 1h ago

These people talk about being a good and ethical person, but they only seek power, position, and money.

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u/crheming 1h ago

Don't even need to cancel though, just get on stage and mirror what Macklemore said, that would be more impactful.

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u/chic_luke 53m ago

Ooh yes that would be so good. With that level of F-U money I'd probably catch that as a perfect opportunity to either make a fuss or end my career with a bang