Slight correction, Live Nation was going to cancel the whole tour because being pro Palestine isn’t in their best interest. They own all the venues.
But they have a better PR dept than Ed Sheeran so… people hate him instead.
And now thousands of people in the entertainment industry are possibly out of a job, because one monopoly didn’t agree with an opinion.
AP source, not speaking out of my ass here: https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-macklemore-how-tours-work-f71c8057452f110cf8fa43d61b9293ce
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium, which is among the remaining tour stops, said in a statement that the decision to drop Macklemore was a result of his recent comments “and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.”