Ed Sheeran speaks out on Macklemore being dropped from tour over Palestine row: “I am not complicit”

Ed Sheeran has spoken out following Macklemore being dropped as a support act from his tour regarding comments about Palestine, telling fans that he is “not complicit”. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Play’ review: a hasty retreat to the genre-spanning of old Controversy around the rapper began when he made an impassioned speech while opening for Ed Sheeran across his US tour dates. In his comments on stage, he called for “all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality” and called for a “free Palestine”. Soon after he made the comments, he faced calls for his removal from the tour by the Israeli-American Council, who claimed he had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda”. Macklemore would then respond to the backlash, saying striving for equality “should never be controversial”. Then yesterday, it was confirmed that he had been dropped from the tour following the comments, and Messina Touring Group, a promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s tour said it was because some venues said that “they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the line-up”. Addressing the move, Macklemore said that he does not see himself as “a victim”, but inst...