All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore’s removal
All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore’s removal The artist Finneas and three other supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour on Tuesday, after the US rapper Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestine comments on stage. Finneas, Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, and Lukas Graham of Denmark all posted statements announcing they were quitting Sheeran's "Loop Tour" in…
Three supporting acts have quit Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour in protest of the US rapper Macklemore's removal. Finneas, Aaron Rowe, Beoga, and Lukas Graham all posted statements on social media announcing their departure from the tour. Finneas expressed his solidarity with Macklemore and the Palestinian people, stating that "artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed."
The other acts, Irish singer Aaron Rowe, Danish band Beoga, and the Danish pop group Lukas Graham, all cited the "silencing of Macklemore by Zionist lobbies" as the reason for their decision to withdraw from the tour.
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