At Metallica’s Las Vegas residency, Hetfield framed the show as an escape from politics, a comment that lands inside this fall’s Macklemore and Ed Sheeran dispute.
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At Metallica’s Las Vegas residency, Hetfield framed the show as an escape from politics, a comment that lands inside this fall’s Macklemore and Ed Sheeran dispute.
After removing Macklemore and watching his remaining openers and backing band walk away, the British singer finally stated his position on Israel and Palestine from a Philadelphia stage.
A Philadelphia show becomes a public statement as Sheeran speaks about Macklemore’s removal and the pressures shaping his current tour.
The singer adjusted his live setup for his first show since the Macklemore fallout, and introduced a band assembled in three days.
Onstage at Lincoln Financial Field, Sheeran apologized for “difficult decisions” and called the situation in Gaza “catastrophic and unjustifiable.”
The Irish singer-songwriter says the backlash over Macklemore’s removal is aimed at the wrong figure and points instead at the New England Patriots owner.
The rapper’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour has escalated into a public fundraising standoff with the New England Patriots owner.
The Gillette Stadium owner says the request came before Macklemore challenged him to match the rapper’s $1 million donation to Gaza relief organisations.
The fallout over Macklemore’s onstage comments in support of Palestine now includes the departure of Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe, and Beoga from Ed Sheeran’s stadium run.
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.
