The Last Word On Music: Ed Sheeran Issues Statement After Macklemore Dropped From US Tour Over Palestine Speech
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Before we hear from D. Ready and John Cadell, let's hear what McLemore said in support of Palestine while supporting Ed Sheeran on tour, which has got him in so much trouble.
One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour was because I wanted to stand up here. on stages and stadiums across America and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart. Free Palestine.
I said free Palestine. I want those words to be loud and clear. So the people from Gaza all the way to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them. To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters. Criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you. My message is for peace, love, for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine. I say free Lebanon. I say free Cuba. I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear over this terrorist organization, ICE.
Okay, just some of Macklemore who will no longer be able to do that on the Ed Sheeran tour because he has been dropped. Uh a lot of people blaming Robert Kraft, the owner of the Gillette Stadium, the owner of the New England Patriots for being to the forefront in pushing against this. Ed Sheeran D. Ready is getting an enormous amount of flack, but Ed Sheeran himself is coming out and saying, Oh no, no, it's not me, it's the promoters who did this.
Yeah, I mean, look, I think Ed Sheeran has come out now, he's made uh a pretty long form statement about it. If I'm wearing my absolutely cynical hat, I feel, you know, did the fence that you were sitting on collapse because you were leaning too far in one direction? I mean, at the end of the day, McIlmore's statement, which he said earlier, was actually was it yesterday even? The story is built so fast. He said that he understood that Edchairn was in a difficult position, that he has always maintained a kind of apolitical approach. Challenging it in a way that it has never done before. Um and kind of making the point that there are moments in time and and and moments in history that you you you can't afford to do that.
What do you think, John Cadell?
Um I think Makamore is of course in as any everybody is entitled to uh To say what they b believe needs saying. Um I think it wasn't his crowd. It was an Ed Sheeran crowd.
What sparked the controversy over Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” statement on Ed Sheeran’s tour?
So I don't know if that had something to do with the reaction from the crowd and the provider.
Okay, well like
the issue here is the owners of the stadiums. The owners of the stadiums who have let all sorts of people perform in the state Kanye. Kanye has a song called Hail Hitler and he's not been thrown off.
Well, I believe this UC stadiums. I believe that uh this that can I I could be wrong. I believe Kanye was um playing those stadiums after he made his heartfelt apology, but I could be wrong. Oh well I'm no expert on politics, I'm no expert on the intricacies of of Gaza, I'm no expert on the intricacies of what's happening uh in Palestine. We're
not asking you to
I I know I'm I'm not entirely comfortable uh discussing this because I don't know that the
it's all to do with freedom of speech, you know, which is First Amendment protected in the United States. But instead of that, we have these wealthy owners of the venues deciding to effectively persecute No, it's not their right.
Well, it's it's their right if they own the stadiums or if if they own the stadium. No,
the freedom of speech uh I think actually is a greater right in America in relation.
Freedom of speech like is of course uh a a right, but there are consequences if you say something that somebody doesn't like, it doesn't mean that the person who doesn't like it is correct, but it means that they are entitled to take actions that they decide are fit in order to negate the way.
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