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  "id": 7622853,
  "title": "Finneas Drops Out of Ed Sheeran Tour in Solidarity With Macklemore: ‘I Stand With Palestine and Its People’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/finneas-drops-out-of-ed-sheeran-tour-in-solidarity-with-macklemore-i",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T19:52:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/finneas-drops-ed-sheeran-tour-macklemore-palestine-1236863391/"
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  "summary": "Finneas has joined singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe, Lukas Graham and Irish band Beoga in dropping out of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour after fellow opener Macklemore was dismissed for expressing his support of Palestine at a pair of New Jersey shows earlier this month. Finneas was slated to open for Sheeran on six South American dates in […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Breaks Silence As Macklemore Dropped From Tour Over Gaza Remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-breaks-silence-as-macklemore-dropped-from-tour-over-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-15T15:40:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Breaks Silence on Macklemore Leaving Tour: Venue, Promoter Made ‘Final’ Decisions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-breaks-silence-on-macklemore-leaving-tour-venue-promoter",
        "published": "2026-09-15T16:57:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Opener Aaron Rowe Pulls Out of Tour After Macklemore Dropped: ‘I Cannot Allow Billionaires to Silence Rightful Voices’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-opener-aaron-rowe-pulls-out-of-tour-after-macklemore",
        "published": "2026-09-15T19:11:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "Aaron Rowe Leaves Ed Sheeran Tour in Solidarity With Macklemore & Palestinians: ‘I Would Lose All Respect for Myself’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/aaron-rowe-leaves-ed-sheeran-tour-in-solidarity-with-macklemore",
        "published": "2026-09-15T19:40:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Opener Aaron Rowe Departs Tour in Solidarity With Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-opener-aaron-rowe-departs-tour-in-solidarity-with",
        "published": "2026-09-15T19:41:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Tour Openers Finneas & Aaron Rowe Withdraw After Macklemore Dropped For “Free Palestine” Remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-tour-openers-finneas-aaron-rowe-withdraw-after-macklemore",
        "published": "2026-09-15T20:10:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran's opening acts quit tour in solidarity with Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheerans-opening-acts-quit-tour-in-solidarity-with-macklemore",
        "published": "2026-09-15T21:55:35.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}