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.
So which is it? Sometimes people tell them to shut up nobody wants your opinion and others it is use it?
You know in the 1960s, so I’m told (as I wasn’t around then), rock and roll wasn’t afraid to be political. Fuck, that was half the point.
Ever hear of Woodstock? Not Woodstock '99…that was a blatent nostalgia-driven cash-grab put on by boomers who were incapable of attending the original because they were off fighting charlies or getting business degrees. The original 1969 Woodstock.
The one where a black man beautifully dessicrated the national anthem. Yeah that one.
Times have changed. Ever hear of the Dixie Chicks?