Sept. 15, 2026
The artist Finneas and three other supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour on Tuesday, after the US rapper Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestine comments on stage.
Finneas, Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, and Lukas Graham of Denmark all posted statements announcing they were quitting Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” in solidarity with the rapper and Palestinian people.
"Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed,” Finneas said in a statement on social media.
His statement came after Irish singer Aaron Rowe published a statement, announcing that he had decided to withdraw as a support act for the British singer.
An article I saw the other day said that it’s not Ed who’s doing this, but the owners of some of the venues who were complaining about the comments.
That “owner” pressured Ed and Ed obeyed.
The owner tugged the leash and Ed flopped on his belly and peed himself for good measure.
It’s even more nuanced. The tour promoters bent the knee, and Ed used it as an excuse to wash his hands off the situation and say “it wasn’t my decision”
The owner did not tell Ed to talk privately to Mac and telling him that holding a Palestinian flag hurt a lot of people feeling
Yeah, but instead of standing up to them like the rest of his fellow musicians, he tried to take the bitch way out and say “not my fault, nothing I can do.”