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Ed Sheeran Tour Drama Macklemore

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The owners allegedly hounded Messina Touring Group, which is promoting the US leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour, to pull Macklemore from the remainder of the shows or face Sheeran’s concerts being canceled, the outlet reported.Reported by 15 of 16 outlets; wording from New York Post.

When14 Sep–21 SepOutlets16Articles44Reporters39

What happened

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Macklemore responded Monday in a lengthy statement posted on Instagram, blaming his removal from the tour on New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who owns owns Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.

10 of 16 outletsfirst reported 14 Sepwording from CBC

Macklemore first faced backlash after his onstage comments during his Sept. 4 set at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, where he said “free Palestine” before performing his protest song Hind’s Hall, about pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia.

12 of 16 outletsfirst reported 14 Sepwording from Global News
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"I would never let down the fans who had made plans, nor would I abandon the touring crew and the other support acts and musicians who rely on me for work and to make a living."

7 of 16 outletsfirst reported 15 Sepwording from BBC

The remaining supporting acts on Sheeran’s tour, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga, withdrew amid the controversy.

10 of 16 outletsfirst reported 15 Sepwording from Fox News

Analysis

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Sheeran put out a statement Tuesday morning as backlash against him grew, clarifying that it was not his decision to remove Macklemore from the tour.

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The Israeli American Council (IAC) also launched a petition calling for Sheeran to remove Macklemore from the rest of the tour.

5 outlets

Macklemore, meanwhile, pledged to donate the $1 million he said he earned from Sheeran’s tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians and publicly invited Kraft to match the contribution.

5 outlets

“I told him that if those words were more offensive than the tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood.”

4 outlets

Disputed

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How the first headlines put it

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Words to watch (3)

Inside Ed Sheeran's 'cancel' crisis: Everything you need to know as pop megastar rocked by Macklemore furore Evening Standard

Barstool chief Dave Portnoy blasts Macklemore's shady past, strongly supports Patriots owner Robert Kraft Fox News

How 'furious' Ed Sheeran has been spectacularly 'thrown under a bus by the people he considers friends' - as insiders reveal the mysterious phone call that could see the inoffensive 'prince of pop' de-throned for good Daily Mail

How it changed

  1. 14 Sep

    Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he says New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft organized a boycott among stadium owners over the rapper’s remarks in support of Palestinians.

    14 outlets · NBC News
  2. 15 Sep

    Irish folk band Beoga, who perform with Sheeran on stage every night, dropped out too.

    7 outlets · BBC
  3. 16 Sep

    In 2014, Macklemore appeared on stage wearing a black beard, wig and prosthetic nose at a show in Seattle, which Jewish activist groups said at the time resembled an antisemitic caricature of an Orthodox Jew.

    5 outlets · Global News
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  1. 17 Sep

    Sheeran is still scheduled to perform at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday before journeying up to Gillette Stadium for two nights on Sept. 25 and 26.

    4 outlets · New York Post
  2. 21 Sep

    I would never let down the fans who had made plans, nor would I abandon the touring crew and the other support acts and musicians who rely on me for work and to make a living.

    7 outlets · Washington Examiner

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