Posted on 09/16/2026 8:10:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
Hours after Sheeran posted on social media about Macklemore's ouster and attributed the decision to the tour's promoters, Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, the Danish band Lukas Graham, and Finneas posted on Instagram that they were leaving the tour.
Rowe and Lukas Graham would have been replacements for Macklemore on Sheeran's remaining U.S. dates, while Beoga had been performing several songs — including some the Irish folk band co-wrote — with Sheeran around the middle of each set. Finneas, who is Billie Eilish's brother and musical collaborator, was due to tour with Sheeran in South America later this year.
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"Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed," Finneas said on Instagram. "I have decided to withdraw from my upcoming tour dates with Ed Sheeran. I stand with Palestine and its people."
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Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Well, bye.
Is it a music tour or a political tour?
I am sure there are pllenty more who will gladly fill in
FAFO
So you think Ed Sheeran’s the bad guy for not allowing his racism?
No one cares about opening acts. That’s not why they buy tickets. Ed is fine.
Will this impact Sheeran’s ‘Jews Are The Problem ‘ world tour?
Just like immigration, where no Muslim countries take “refugees” from other Muslim lands
Palestinians are the adopted children of western leftists. There aren’t a lot of Arab nations rushing to their aid.
weird.
Feuilleton.
This is the kind of problem you worry about after you’ve solved the problems of government fraud, how to expand AI, along with China, Iran, and militant Islam at home and overseas. Meaning you don’t worry about it.
Whoop-ti-do.
If he was smart he would have the Celtic Women. That said, they have a large stage set-up and stuff.
Well, it’s his backing band too.
Who?
The band is a business. Anyone taking actions to adversely affect revenue should be fired. A touring band and a hotdog stand are no different in this regard.
Shut up and sing…
What is a Macklamore?
Yup, and it’s ultimately about Islam. For communist America-hating traitors. They prefer Islam because it’s polar opposite of anything America stood for. They use Palestinian as a stand-in for in reality, protecting Moslems.
Yet, they never notice how their fellow Moslems have NEVER stepped in to either fight, or adopt them into their borders. Decades of this, but not once.
Which means they hope it will lead to Moslems takeover of Israel, and they can claim their hands are clean.
What a turd the music biz is today.
Ed Sheeran doesn’t need much hired help to sell out a stadium. In one youtube video he was on stage alone. Only a few invisible sound technicians to do the backup work. I was surprised as I never heard of him at the time.
-PJ
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