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  "id": 7699478,
  "title": "All support acts on Ed Sheeran’s US tour quit after Macklemore dropped",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/all-support-acts-on-ed-sheerans-us-tour-quit-after-macklemore-dropped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/all-support-acts-on-ed-sheerans-us-tour-quit-after-macklemore-dropped/"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran tour exodus: Finneas and three more acts quit after Macklemore axing over pro-Palestine remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheeran-tour-exodus-finneas-and-three-more-acts-quit-after",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:03:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheerans-tour-in-trouble-after-opening-acts-drop-out-in-solidarity",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:16:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran’s Tour in Trouble after Opening Acts Drop out in Solidarity with Rapper Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheerans-tour-in-trouble-after-opening-acts-drop-out-in-solidarity-7687776",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:39:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran says it wasn’t his call to drop Macklemore over ‘Free Palestine’ remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheeran-says-it-wasnt-his-call-to-drop-macklemore-over-free",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:30:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "All support acts on Ed Sheeran’s US tour quit after Macklemore dropped",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/all-support-acts-on-ed-sheerans-us-tour-quit-after-macklemore-dropped-7707437",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:34:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Khaosod English",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheerans-tour-in-trouble-after-opening-acts-drop-out-in-solidarity-7716088",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:22:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Unpacking the 12 days that threw Ed Sheeran's tour into chaos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/unpacking-the-12-days-that-threw-ed-sheerans-tour-into-chaos",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:09:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Opening acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour as Macklemore dropped over pro-Palestine remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/opening-acts-quit-ed-sheerans-tour-as-macklemore-dropped-over-pro",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:15:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ed-sheerans-tour-in-trouble-after-opening-acts-drop-out-in-solidarity-7725583",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:41:48.000Z"
      }
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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."
}