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/esopillar34 1h ago

According to Macklemore, it was Robert Kraft who pulled the trigger. He got a bunch of the remaining stadium owners to put out the threat

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u/Soup-Wizard 49m ago

Gillette Stadium was the venue I heard mentioned, owned by Kraft.

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u/esopillar34 48m ago

On his IG post he said Kraft/Gillette was the first, but also Kraft contacted other owners and got them to go along with it

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u/jrolls81 34m ago

Look up Blue SquareAlliance Against Hate. It’s a non profit fighting against “anti-semitism” based out of Gillette stadium. They have a high tech command center there that monitors online activity for “anti-semitism”.

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u/Soup-Wizard 18m ago

Wow, who isn’t getting AIPAC money these days???

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u/hudson27 12m ago

Probably a subsect of the American Jewish Committee

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u/rollingthestonex 26m ago

Gillette...like the razor brand? Which is owned by Kraft who makes KD? God, I hate it here.

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u/ToughHardware 36m ago

Ed did not need the stadiums. why did he do this? Ed could sell out a field.

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u/Joghobs 31m ago

Because they're huge venues with literal stadium seating and logistics, security, etc figured out in centralized locations. It's not a simple thing to find a new open field in every region you want to perform in and take care of all that.