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[–] -5 points 1 month ago (15 children)

How is he responsible for stadium owners forcing the tour managers to drop Mackelmore?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    He is the guy touring. Does he need the money that bad ?

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  • [–] -4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    I don't know his financials so I can't answer that question.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Took me 5 seconds to find out that he has a net "worth" of hundreds of millions of dollars.

    He could DEFINITELY afford the financial hit from not being a genocide enabling scumbag.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    What about the 80,000 dead Palestinians? The 20,000 dead Palenstian children that Israel is still slaughtering?

    Dude has an estimated $300 million to his name. If he gave a shit, he could pay all of their salaries out of pocket for the whole tour and not even feel it, while still standing agasint a genocide. That would be a huge, double whammy PR boost for him, cementing him forever as the best fucking guy in showbiz.

    I bet it wouldn't even cost 10 million, leaving him $290 million to buy villas and superyaughts with until a few months passes, when he would have $300 million again from the interest alone.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    A large arena, including FOH, BOH, maintenance crews, security details, riggers, electricians, etc, etc....

    Is going to cost $150k or so.

    You are defending the guy. He could pay everyone and it wouldn't have even the slightest impact to his net worth.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Because it was one stadium, can't be confirmed they all did it, and then he was also dropped from ALL upcoming shows. ED would have had that decision pass his desk. And at very least, if he doesn't revoke it and fire the people who work for him that did (if he really didn't know), then he is complicit.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    That stadium owner got other stadium owners to join the boycott.

    Ed very likely has no say over tour decisions like that.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Yeah maybe but that's not confirmed. But also, it was them putting pressure on Ed Sheerans managment directly to make the decision. Entirely my assumption that such a huge decision, to drop a major artist, would at least be mentioned to Ed.

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