September 14, 2026

[They caved, dammit.]

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[–] 39 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Ed Sheeran really needs the money, guys. Don't pounce on a poor kid like Ed Sheeran. I'm sure that if he had a social safety net, he would also be willing to protest against active genocide like the upperclass wealthman, Macklemore.

Joking aside, is anyone surprised by music venue owners being the shittiest people in existence?

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  • [+] -12 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    Macklemore said on Instagram that several U.S. venues told the promoter they would prohibit him from performing as Sheeran’s opening act for the Loop tour

    What did Sheeran have to do with it?

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  • [–] 32 points 1 month ago*

    learning about how being politically nuteral is impossible in an extremist environment. sitting on the fence just means you support the outcome of 'might make right' extremists.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    ed could make a legendary move here. but i guess he needs every last cent, at the cost of a shitty legacy. shame on that soulless ginger

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Fuck Pink, fuck Ed, free Palestine!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    [Everyone hated this]

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

    Catch-22.

    1. Cancel the concert and be called politically correct because it happened after a tourmate said Palestine
    2. Go on anyway despite tourmate unable to perform at some venues, and be called a shill for Israel
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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    One of those isn't a bad thing.

    Even if he had demographic data that said a majority of his audience is Zionists (or ignorant sympathizers), being on "the clearly correct side now and on the right side of history for the future" versus "being complicit to genocide" isn't much of a "Catch-22".

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

    Bro has enough money and fame that he’s set for life even if his contract said that he had to hand over all his money if he cancelled the rest of the tour. Even if he was set back so far that he could only play local pubs and small venues, and give lessons, he’d be golden.

    Zero reason to keep going on the tour. He could stand with Macklemore and throw his weight around or just give in like a little baby.

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    [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    this could equally be headlined as

    Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over anti-genocide comments onstage"

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    Meh that's probably for the best, Ed Sheeran sucks anyway. Now we know he's a Zionist simp as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Ed Sheeran is a pussy and the genocide in Gaza continues. I continue to look for news

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