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Roger Waters has publicly backed Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, directing criticism at Sheeran. The intervention adds another public voice to the fallout around the tour change.
The congresswoman said removing Macklemore from Ed Sheeran’s tour points to a wider problem: a handful of stadium owners controlling political speech.
The singer says a shared StopAntisemitism post was not a personal statement, while defending her concerns about Macklemore’s onstage comments.
The rapper is standing by the pro-Palestine remarks he made while opening for Ed Sheeran in New Jersey, as P!NK, Boy George, and the Israeli American Council respond.
During his set at MetLife Stadium, Macklemore brought his pro-Palestinian message to the stage and posted the footage. A petition is now calling on Ed Sheeran to remove him from the tour.
