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  "id": 7635945,
  "title": "Pro-Palestinian Remarks Roil Sheeran Tour, Leading Finneas to Drop Out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/pro-palestinian-remarks-roil-sheeran-tour-leading-finneas-to-drop-out",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T21:13:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/arts/music/ed-sheeran-tour-macklemore-palestine-gaza-finneas.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Three other acts are also leaving the tour, citing the right to free speech after the rapper Macklemore was removed over comments he had made onstage.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran Fallout: Tour Openers Finneas, Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe Drop in Solidarity With Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheeran-fallout-tour-openers-finneas-lukas-graham-and-aaron-rowe",
        "published": "2026-09-15T19:53:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Finneas and Every Other Ed Sheeran Opener Have Abandoned His Tour in Support of Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/finneas-and-every-other-ed-sheeran-opener-have-abandoned-his-tour-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T20:30:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran’s Openers, Backing Band Depart Tour in Show of Support of Macklemore and Palestine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ed-sheerans-openers-backing-band-depart-tour-in-show-of-support-of",
        "published": "2026-09-15T20:36:27.000Z"
      }
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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."
}