‘Sorry’: Singer Ed Sheeran regrets Macklemore drop from US tour over pro-Palestine remarks
Other opening acts for Sheeran have quit in solidarity with Macklemore.
Ed Sheeran addressed the Gaza situation directly on stage, expressing profound remorse for his actions. After losing all opening acts due to controversy over his pro-Palestinian stance, Sheeran made it clear that what Israel is doing in Gaza is entirely unjustifiable. Last week, American rapper Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's Loop Tour after the stadium owner, Robert Kraft, demanded his removal over pro-Palestinian speeches, threatening to cancel Sheeran's stadium concerts if he remained.
In Philadelphia, where Sheeran performed for the first time since Macklemore's removal, he apologized to fans, stating, "I've had to take and make difficult decisions, and I am making mistakes, and I'm so, so sorry." Pro-Palestinian protesters were present outside the venue hours before the concert, and Sheeran condemned Israel's war on Gaza as catastrophic, unjustifiable, and disproportionate.
The concert's start time was delayed by two and a half hours due to the withdrawal of all opening acts, and Sheeran performed solo.
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