Lucy Hough

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3,855 appearances 82 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Lucy Hough’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today in Focus · Ed Sheeran support acts quit after Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ row - The Latest · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

I mean, Ed Shirin has also responded by saying he's not political, but comments that he made in support of Ukraine have resurfaced in light of all of this. voice-verified

So that again doesn't ring quite voice-verified

Yeah, and it ha is having huge consequences for his tour and indeed there's some speculation today that the tour might need to be cancelled because all support artists have now pulled out, again, also releasing statements. voice-verified

What kinds of things have we been hearing about why people feel it's no longer possible for them to to take part in this tour? voice-verified

Yeah, an incredibly strong statement from Ro and from Sheeran's own band who've now quit. voice-verified

I suppose it's just interesting that there are people who consider themselves friends of Sheeran who are speaking out so strongly about this, but he is still choosing this apolitical stance. voice-verified

It's just this feels like this interesting dichotomy at the moment that we have, you know, megastars like Bad Bunny. voice-verified

Who used his huge shoul halftime show to make a massive political point about anti-ICE, you know, anti-Trump immigration policies, pro-multiculturalism. voice-verified

And yet we have this other tier of huge pop stars like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, who seem to want to conceal their politics now. voice-verified

And I'm I'm wondering why you think that is. voice-verified

ideas like what is the backlash that they fear because in this case this could prove actively harmful to Ed Sheeran. voice-verified

Thanks. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Well history has been very kind to the chicks, but perhaps may not be so kind to Edge and Jason, thank you so much. voice-verified

That's it for today. voice-verified

My huge thanks to Jason Okindyer, who is assistant opinion editor at The Guardian. voice-verified

You can keep up with all our coverage of this story over at theguardian.com. voice-verified

And before we go, I really recommend that you listen to our sister podcast, Stateside with Kyle and Carter. voice-verified

Tech columnist Taylor Loren joins Carter Sherman to discuss the growing calls to ban young teens from social media. voice-verified

Thanks for listening to this episode of The Latest. voice-verified

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