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Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed

Supporting artists withdrew in protest after Macklemore was dropped for pro-Palestinian remarks.

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What this story says

  • Three supporting acts have quit Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore was removed.
  • Macklemore was removed by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made onstage.
  • The supporting acts that withdrew are Finneas, Aaron Rowe, and Beoga.
  • Aaron Rowe stated his withdrawal was due to billionaires silencing voices speaking against Israeli actions.

Who covered it

Left 30%(86)Centre 54%(154)Right 16%(47)

Percentages are shares of the 287 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 150 of the 437 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

61/100

Hype

41/100

437 sources · methodology

Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's current tour after rapper Macklemore was removed. The tour promoters made the decision to remove Macklemore due to pro-Palestinian comments he made during a performance. Ed Sheeran stated that the decision was not his own but was made by the promoters.

Supporting acts' reasons for withdrawal

Supporting acts Finneas, Aaron Rowe, and Beoga announced their departures from the tour. Aaron Rowe, in a statement shared on Instagram, said he could not "stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children." Finneas also made a statement on social media regarding his withdrawal, stating that artists should not be silenced for speaking up for the oppressed.

What the coverage left out

None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mentioned the specific names of the tour promoters who made the decision to remove Macklemore. The full report from Washington Top News, rated centre, was about Prince Harry and Meghan moving their children to a new school and did not contain any information about Ed Sheeran's tour.

Tags:#EdSheeran#Macklemore#MusicNews#ProPalestine#FreeSpeech

Coverage settled. We checked this 119 times and stopped on 21 Sept 2026, 16:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

86 rated outlets

  • The Hindu led on the tour’s disruption, reporting that four opening acts quit in solidarity after Mackellore was removed for pro‑Palestinian comments. ABC Australia led on the same sequence, noting Sheeran said the promoters made the decision. Digests from The Independent, Complex, Variety and others repeated that the four acts withdrew.
  • Both full reports quoted Finneas’s Instagram statement that he “stands with Palestine and its people,” and reproduced Aaron Rowe’s remarks linking Irish history to colonialism and genocide. Beoga’s comment about Irish activism and Lukas Graham’s note that money should not control conversation also appear in the digests. Sheeran’s refusal to comment on the Gaza conflict is noted in each.
  • None of the left‑rated digests or the two full reports include a statement from Mackellore himself, nor any financial estimates related to the tour’s disruption. They also do not identify the promoter beyond naming Messina Touring Group, leaving those details unreported by the sampled left‑side coverage.

Centre

154 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the number of supporting acts that quit the tour and the reason for Macklemore's removal. Washington Top News and KULR-TV reported that at least three supporting acts quit after Macklemore was dropped for pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Western Mass News also stated that three supporting acts quit after Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestinian comments onstage.

Right

47 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports highlighted that three supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour following Macklemore's removal due to his pro-Palestinian comments. Arab News and Marietta Daily Journal stated that Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestinian remarks onstage. Chicago Tribune reported that the acts quit after Macklemore was removed for pro-Palestinian comments he made during a concert in New Jersey. Arab News also noted that Ed Sheeran stated the decision was made by tour promoters.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed?
Of the 287 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 30% are rated left, 54% are rated centre, 16% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 437. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 287 rated outlets on this story, 30% are rated left, 54% are rated centre, 16% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed biased?
Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed is one event reported by 437 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Three acts quit Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore removed?
437 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why was Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran's tour?
Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's tour by the tour promoters due to pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage during a performance. Ed Sheeran himself stated that the decision was made by the promoters.
Which supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour?
Three supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour: Finneas, Aaron Rowe, and Beoga. They withdrew in solidarity with Macklemore after his removal from the tour.
What did Aaron Rowe say about his withdrawal?
Aaron Rowe stated that he could not "stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children." He withdrew in protest of perceived silencing of pro-Palestinian voices.

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