Tour Backlash
Ed Sheeran Faces Intense Backlash Over Macklemore Tour Removal and Family Feud
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Amelia Dimoldenberg mocked Ed Sheeran in her SNL UK monologue, joking that the red-haired singer was a puppet being told what to say, amid backlash over Macklemore’s removal from the remaining dates of Sheeran’s Loop Tour after pro-Palestinian remarks. Sheeran said the promoter made the decision and defended avoiding publicly taking sides; he later apologized onstage for mistakes amid the backlash. Several other opening acts withdrew from the tour in solidarity with Macklemore. Separately, Sheeran’s cousin Jethro, a musician who performs as Alonestar, accused him of abandoning their early musical partnership and called him a “snake” and a “coward.” In an interview, Piers Morgan accused Jethro of jealousy and joked about resentment over Sheeran’s red hair; Jethro denied being jealous and criticized Morgan.
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Macklemore said Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, told Sheeran he would not allow the rapper to perform there; Kraft confirmed his position, saying he was focused on “the fight against antisemitism.”
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Sheeran donated $2 million for global humanitarian aid. Onstage, he described the suffering in Gaza as “catastrophic, unjustifiable, and disproportionate.”
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Jethro Sheeran alleged that he first brought Ed into the studio and onstage, and that Ed later left behind what they had built together; the two had worked together on the 2010 track “Raise ’Em Up.”
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