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BallShapedMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  MACKLEMORE DROPPED FROM ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER ONSTAGE ‘FREE PALESTINE’ STATEMENTS

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  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wow, thank you!

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thank Macklemore. I just provided a link.

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• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Macklemore got dropped because he said some pro Palestine statements and the billionaire owner of the patriots and one of the stadiums they were arranged a boycott of many stadium owners, basically saying the tour would lose a ton of its venues if they kept him on

  On one hand, ed Sheeran is comfortably extreme upper class with millions of net worth and cancelling the tour wouldn’t have really hurt him (except maybe not being able to buy a third vacation villa). On the other hand, I somewhat feel for him because the tour certainly has a ton of people employed who are very much not in that echelon of wealth. Bus drivers, caterers, security, roadies, lighting and sound people, merch desk people, etc. cancelling a tour of this size would mean fucking over dozens if not hundreds of people well beyond the headliner and openers that are financially comfortable and can easily afford to take a public stance that may cost them employment

  He sucks and his music sucks but I get why this wasn’t an obvious “go fuck yourself” choice. The real villain is Robert Kraft, the literal oligarch that can arrange a blacklisting of a major concert tour at a moments notice over having his delicate feelings hurt by someone not denying a genocide. And that brings the bigger point up: I’m sure Kraft is pleased that his name barely comes up in this discussion and Sheeran catches the majority of the heat

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  • spicehoarder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s nothing controversial about it. “Think about the bus drivers” what about the dead children, and their families? And I’m not singling you out. It’s just part of a broader frustration I have. I seriously don’t think people truly understand that once you’re gone, that’s it. This duality isn’t even close to being symmetric.

    Why does he need to tour stadiums? “Ed Sheeron touring small venues due to stance on Palestine” wouldn’t that get some heads rolling?

    This herd cowardice shit really upsets me.

    The vast majority of humans are very much “monkey see, monkey do.” Or in other words, their roll models inform their decision making. So celebrity choices absolutely have an impact on what the general public thinks.

    Anyway thats the end of my rant.

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    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t inherently disagree with you and I certainly don’t think loss of job is equivalent to loss of life, of course. But I’m just saying it’s not as simple as “he’s gotta secure the bag so he rolled over”

      He is definitely complicit but he was forced into that position by a Zionist who knew he could put him in a very difficult position where either way Sheeran would catch all the flack. I’m not saying we should give his position a pass but I am saying the focus might make more sense on the oligarch that forced this situation over the soulless stooge that has decided to play the oligarchs game

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      • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We’re all pointing out that he had the opportunity to use his platform to be on the right side of history and didn’t.

        He had the chance and the opportunity and the platform.

        One took it. Kudos to them.

        The other let someone else take the fall and then deflected.

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I get the sentiment, but canceling the concert won’t bring the kids back to life, so the bus driver argument is valid.

      Still, canceling would have been the right thing to do and would at least put Kraft squarely in the headlines. Alas…

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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sheeran has enough money to pay all those folks, refund the tickets, and skip any venues owned by shitheads.

    There is no reason to cover for this twit.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Macklemore got dropped from ed shareens tour, after he made states ment in support of palestine. Kraft(stadium owner) pressured shareen to drop him, ed happily complied.

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