Ed Sheeran wil buiten de politiek blijven. Door te stoppen met zijn tournee leggen zijn voorprogramma's de holheid van neutraliteit bloot
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Naar aanleiding van Macklemore's pro-Palestijnse uitspraken is Ed Sheeran en diverse support acts (waaronder Finneas, Lukas Graham en Aaron Rowe) uit de resterende optredens van zijn US stadium tour gestapt. Deze artiesten protesteerden tegen wat zij beschouwen als censuur van Macklemore en uitten hun steun voor het Palestijnse volk. Ed Sheeran benadrukte dat er verschillende manieren zijn om pleiten voor verandering, in plaats van alleen maar te schreeuwen.
By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushing free speechIn a statement about Macklemore being dropped from his US stadium tour for making pro-Palestinian comments, Ed Sheeran defended his own publicly apolitical stance: “If we only ever focus on shouting the loudest, nothing will ever change. There are different approaches to being an advocate for change.”Every other musician involved with the tour – support acts Finneas (Billie Eilish’s brother), Danish band Lukas Graham and Irish songwriter Aaron Rowe, plus Sheeran’s Irish backing band, Beoga – has made their approach to advocating for change clear, pulling out of the remaining dates to protest against the censorship of Macklemore and to express support for the Palestinian people. Continue reading...