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.
Gee… here’s an idea: maybe fucking actors and fucking singers with little/no formal education or qualifications should shut the fuck up about their political opinions.
Exactly, only enlightened geniuses like us who comment on forums are brilliant enough to have opinions on politics. Why should we listen to well-traveleved people when we can get the real scoop from your mother’s basement?
Normally I hate this kind of appeal to authority stuff, but I gotta defend the guy: Macklemore literally went to college and has a degree in political science… he’s as qualified to talk about Palestine as anyone else is.
You need to formal education and qualification to know genocide is bad
I guess you’ve never watched a movie or listened to a song?
Art is a way for people to express themselves, and political opinions are traditionally a big part of that.