Aaron Rowe withdraws from Ed Sheeran tour
Ed Sheeran’s opener, Aaron Rowe, has dropped out of the tour: “As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation…”
Pop Crave175“I cannot 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. I would lose all respect for myself to carry on as normal […] FREE PALESTINE”
MBeaulieu24It is heartening to see that some people still prioritize their values, integrity, and basic decency over money.
Ganjagooball17Mad respect here for Aaron Rowe. He isn’t big enough to turn this tour down and he still said nah this is wrong. 🙌
Ryan James Dee6We love to see it
Dame Edith Puthy5Ed Sheeran is the most deeply unfuckable person.
Rich2*THAT* is how you do it!
Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇵🇸90pisa mais que tá pouco
Leonardo La Terza38Putz Ed você se FODEU, que é meio que o preço de achar que não se pronunciar equivale a não tomar um lado. 👍
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH30Also a great time stream Hozier who had been supporting a free Palestine on behalf of Ireland’s history of genocide against them as well
entusiasta da gretchen26a tour do edshiro derretendo ao vivo. que delícia.
Cuntessa Lestat de GUIoncourt16O murro no julio do cocoricó falseteiro sionista não para
jurídico avatar korra15amando o ed sheeran is over party
Bex8I am admittedly a long time Ed Sheeran fan but I guess not anymore. It’s just shameful how he handled this. I don’t like weak-willed spineless artists who hide behind “my music is a way to unite” as an excuse to not speak up. There is a time to use your voice & it’s when children are dying
✨Toph’s Wanted Poster✨8And this is what it looks like to stand for something.
dyke macdonald6And another 1, thats 4 total now. That's what happens when you're on the wrong side of history. Free Palestine!! 🇵🇸
Pedro Hollanda5I want to take a moment to talk about Ed Sheeran and Ireland because of something he did that was so craven and cynical a few years back. I'm talking about "Galway Girl".
After Robert Kraft rallied stadium owners to prevent Ed Sheeran’s tour from their venues unless he fired Macklemore, Sheeran’s opening acts Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe, as well as Sheeran’s touring band, Beoga, have all announced their departures from the tour.
talia jane85Sheeran’s next tour date is 9/19 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA. He currently has no openers or touring band, with 4 days until showtime. Will the tour collapse? Hire back Macklemore? Scramble to book other artists to, in essence, cross the picket line?
RFK Brain Worm Jr.36Ed Sheeran played Robert Kraft's wedding and said he was super sweet. So sweet he extorted Ed and Ed caved and now Ed doesn't have a band to play with.
Sam Sepiol5Maybe James Dolan is available to perform?
Irish-Seanchai5Kraft’s wife is on the board of the Kennedy Center and she fucked that up too!
Jean Ibosh3Good they need to show that rich bullies will be met with resistance. Ed is a coward, controlled by money.
wpex64.bsky.social3And Kraft’s wife just voted to close the Kennedy Center. Pair of Trump and Israel zealots .
Emily Gorcenski107Whew, deflated faster than a patriots football in cold weather
Rob Sheridan20Imagining a "dental plan! Lisa needs braces!" situation happening in slow motion inside Sheeran's weird little head as he watches the "be a good guy, still have a tour" exit ramp disappear in the rear-view mirror
Evan Sutton16I do appreciate how none of these billionaires understand the Streisand Effect no matter how many years go by
Andrew Robbins12WAIT HE LOST HIS BAND TOO LMAO
Reid Maltby 🇵🇸🍉7The next show is in Philly. I can't imagine the Philly unions standing by Sheeran.
Pirate Wench Art (The Pizza Boombah)3Way to kill what could have been a long lasting and stellar career, Ed. Your audience is a woke one - did you not think this the fuck through you moron?
Greer2Like... I'm not sure Sheeran's game here, but given who his supporting acts and touring band are, he had to strongly suspect this would happen.
It is astonishing to me how much Robert Kraft & Ed Sheeran fucked this up. What would have easily been yesterday’s news has now become the top entertainment story that just keeps growing. Good on Aaron Rowe and Finneas for standing on business and telling Kraft and Sheeran to go fuck themselves
stu4It might be the most avoidable fumble I've ever seen in my 25 years of touring.
Carissa2And Beoga! Ed Sheeran has had a bunch of Irish artists supporting him this last year. He should have known better than to claim neutrality and “it wasnt my decision”. Unless its 4D chess and he did this on PURPOSE to force the issue? (Unlikely, obvs).
Finneas, Beoga and Aaron Rowe have pulled out of the Ed Sheeran tour. It’s crumbling like pastry.
Richard Chambers167It was a fairly staggering miscalculation by a “culturallly Irish” musician to think that two Irish acts, and another of outspoken politics and Irish heritage, would go along with the tour after his statement earlier.
Gerry Ó Móraín7A serious miscalculation for someone with albums called Multiply, Divide and Plus
Louth For Ever 🦋4LETS GO!! Amach is amach !!!!!!! FREE PALESTINE & FREE THE SIX COUNTIES OF ULSTER
ahumanbymistake2Not to worry, Boy George is just waiting for Ed to give him a call to tag in!
Margaret Cahill61Beoga weren't just a support band but were acting as Sheeran's band for the tour. Playing these huge venues with an artist as big as this was career-changing for these acts. To sacrifice that, while acknowledging that it's not about them but the Palestinian people, is impressive & touching❤️🇵🇸
Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁11Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest touring acts *of all time*. For a support act to withdraw is taking a massive career risk and immediate financial hit in an already precarious industry. This is tremendous courage and principle by each of these acts.
Ryan Thompson7To everyone who has written "well, what is he supposed to do?" about Ed Sheeran, please shut up forever because every single one of the lesser-known bands who would have benefitted way more from the tour exposure than Sheeran himself would both knew exactly what to do AND DID IT.
Alan B5Glad to hear it. At the same time, this is definitely in 'curtains for Zoosha' territory.
Aaron Rowe has withdrawn from Sheeran's "The Loop" tour and issued the following statement:
Sherman's Ghost6Brother made me shed tears.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, and Finneas. I had never heard of them, nor listened to them before, but will today. It means a lot when you stand on business for what’s right, especially when this would have been such a huge deal for musicians who are on a much smaller level than Ed Sheeran. Good for them.
Mark Ashworth8Beoga are his house band. He literally has no band to play for him as we write this. I'm surprised the media hasn't highlighted this more.
orion.4Finneas is Billie Eilish's brother (who co-writes / co-produces most of her songs)
Amy Nemmity 3And of course, it’s about the billionaires in power who fund and enable genocide, and silence those who speak out. Ed Sheeran’s “both sides” with his huge platform is complicit, but it’s people in power, who are funding genocide (the US government included), and harming people all around
Freakquency2Beoga is the actual band behind him during the tour which is hilarious because what now
