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Artists exit Ed Sheeran tour in solidarity with Macklemore pro-Palestinian comments – gazettE

Artists exit Ed Sheeran tour in solidarity with Macklemore pro-Palestinian comments

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Vanassa McKenzieJournalist at Jamaica Observer

September 15, 2026

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Artists exit Ed Sheeran tour in solidarity with Macklemore pro-Palestinian comments

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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—The artist Finneas and three other supporting acts announced they had quit British superstar Ed Sheeran’s tour on Tuesday, after rapper Macklemore was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments while performing.

Sheeran has denied being behind the decision to remove Macklemore, saying his tour’s promoter was responsible.

But Finneas — a performer also famous for work with his superstar sister Billie Eilish — Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, and Lukas Graham of Denmark all posted they were quitting Sheeran’s “Loop Tour.”

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