Finneas withdraws from Ed Sheeran tour over Macklemore ouster

Ed Sheeran blames US tour promoter for dropping Macklemore

The British musician said it was important to "set out some facts" after US rapper voiced support for Palestine.

Sep 15, 2026

Finneas withdraws from Ed Sheeran tour over Macklemore ouster

Billie Eilish’s brother and music collaborator Finneas is the latest of several artists that have pulled out of Ed Sheeran’s tour after rapper Macklemore was removed for delivering a “free Palestine” message. Finneas joins Danish band Lukas Graham, Irish band Beoga and Aaron Rowe in announcing that they would no longer open for Sheeran on…

Sep 15, 2026

AOC says she’s boycotting Ed Sheeran over Macklemore’s removal from tour

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she’ll be changing the channel if singer Ed Sheeran comes on the radio, and criticized stadium owners of Sheeran’s tour for censoring “genocide in Gaza.” “We need to be very clear about how dangerous a precedent this is,” Ocasio-Cortez told TMZ Tuesday. The controversy stems from a promoter’s decision to […]

Sep 16, 2026