This is what I also think. I do not think it’s a coincidence that ALL of his opening acts both past and would be present till they dropped out on this tour are openly pro Palestine. I think he got pressured and tried to fall back on his apolitical schtick to appease people-
I doubt that Ed Sheeran is anti-Palestine. By the fact those acts were there in the first place, I’d be willing to bet he’s even supportive in a passive, “yeah, sure” kind of way.
What happened is, when he faced adversity, he blinked and then got blindsided when no one else did.
Thank you, @macklemore 💙
Today Macklemore announced he's donating the entire $1 million of his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations supporting the Palestinian people, including PCRF.
This gift will help us bring lifesaving medical care to injured and critically ill children in Gaza and across Palestine, at a moment when that lifeline has never been more urgent.
From all of us at PCRF, and from every child we serve: thank you.
Macklemore is donating his entire $1 million salary from Ed Sheeran's tour to organizations supporting Palestine and is inviting Robert Kraft, who blocked him from performing at Gillette Stadium, to match the donation.
“Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.
That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not the headlines or the controversy. It is about Palestinians right to freedom, dignity and safety in their own homeland. I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in. I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine. Their risk is of a far different order than mine.
Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free. That is where my focus will remain. I will continue to stand with the Palestinian people and their fight for liberation. When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don't move with it.
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We are joining Macklemore in donating to the people of Palestine with another $10,000 to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which will help aid families amid the ongoing genocide.
We encourage our followers & anyone with the means to join if they can: https://t.co/XXt2rHaCvl
“What’s your name? Lainey. You brought a sign with you today Lainey. ‘Harry it’s my first concert ever […] I’m 7’ Lainey, can I tell you what I like about your sign? It is direct, to the point, it is lean. It’s a lean sign. It just says First concert. Lainey. Age 7. I have all of the information I need. Nothing to be confused by. Where are you from Lainey? Wisconsin! [smiles] Cheese! Do you like cheese? How long are you in New York for? For a week! What else you gonna do? See me again?! When?! When?! Friday. [points to the seats] over there! Right, I want another sign on Friday. I don’t mean to give you homework but I’ll be looking out for it.” - Harry talking to a little fan in pit at #TogetherTogetherNYC
First pre-stage songs played at tonight’s Hayley Williams concert:
Can’t Hold Us, Macklemore
Mama Said, Lukas Graham
For Cryin’ Out Loud, FINNEAS
The Lane, Aaron Rowe
Aurora II, Beoga
Thrift Shop, Macklemore
“There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics - my audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds.”
An ahistorical coward’s statement.