Every opener quit Ed Sheeran’s US tour in solidarity with Macklemore

Ed Sheeran’s international tour has been thrown into crisis, with one opening act, the rapper Macklemore, dropped from the tour’s US dates for his onstage support of Palestine, and all of the British singer’s other openers quitting to protest the removal.

On Monday, Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, said he would bar Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts this month. Macklemore, who made pro-Palestinian remarks during shows in New Jersey, said he had been removed from the rest of Sheeran’s American tour as well.

0:00 All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts quit his tour
0:21 Macklemore’s comments
1:52 What does this mean for artists’ freedom of speech?
4:50 Is Sheeran correct for staying out of it?
6:03 Should fans expect stars to speak out on contentious issues?

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