Sasha Barbour Gatt

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5,296 appearances 36 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4d ago

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The Briefing · Hyrox poo athlete apologises + Unpacking Ed Sheeran vs Macklemore · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

What's followed in the day since has been a conversation around whether politics and pop can exist in the same sentence. voice-verified

But it's also sparked a deeper fear of the power that billionaires can wield and how they can shape the world to look how they want it to. voice-verified

Here to discuss those topics with me is Catherine Strong, an associate professor in the music industry program at RMIT. voice-verified

Catherine. voice-verified

Welcome to The Briefing. voice-verified

Look, this story has gone absolutely viral this week. voice-verified

Everybody is talking about it. voice-verified

Seems everyone has an opinion on it. voice-verified

But from a music industry perspective, can you think of an issue that's been as contentious for artists to weigh in on as the Free Palestine one has? voice-verified

Well, let's get to specifically what's happening with Ed Sheeran and Macklemore. voice-verified

Now, Macklemore made his comments on stage a couple of weeks ago. voice-verified

It was on the 4th and 5th of September at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey where he said free Palestine and he kind of expanded on that and spoke around that issue. voice-verified

But it blew up again this week because he was officially dumped from Ed Sheeran's tour as a supporting act. voice-verified

Now, we heard from Ed Sheeran in a statement. voice-verified

He said, it wasn't my decision, it was the promoter's decision. voice-verified

Now, that drew a lot of criticism. voice-verified

People were saying that Ed had a chance to take a stand and to support McLemore and say, well, I'm not continuing with the tour at these stadiums that won't have him there because of these Free Palestine comments. voice-verified

But I'm interested to know that based on your knowledge of the industry and voice-verified

Did Ed actually have that option to just cancel those shows? voice-verified

Like, was that something that he could have done and not cause, you know, irreparable damage to the people working on his tour or, you know, whether that's the supporting acts, which we'll get to, or, you know, the staff who were part of the logistics? voice-verified

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