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Own goal of the century:
British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran's Loop tour boots American rapper Macklemore, after Macklemore condemns Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Result:
American singer Fineas quits the Loop tour.
Dublin singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe quits.
Danish pop singer Lucas Graham quits.
Ed Sheeran's own backing band Beoga quits.
The tour was supposed to continue until December, but all that is left is Ed Sheeran and the support for Israel's genocide.
@randahl well that went well for him didn't it? Sorry I can't boycott him as I've always thought his music was insipid detritus.
@randahl he may have to tour with Pink and Kanye West now
@FrancoisPrague Pink? How is she in the Kanye camp?
#Pink deserves to be mentioned because it was Pink who triggered this entire drama. it was her who brought to the recent forefront criticism of #Macklemore for his support for #Palestine, he has been doing this on stage for years
also: she claims to be defending Jews. this isn't about Jews or antisemitism, it's about #Israel's actions
and I don't know when this world will finally understand the radioactively obvious fucking difference
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/pink-anti-macklemore-palestine-post-1236698412/
@benroyce thanks for the info. I read her whole Instagram multipost, and I think she makes an unfortunate conclusion when she does not recognize that you can be confronting the Israeli government without being against the Jews.
She is millimeters from accusing Macklemore of antisemitism just because he criticises genocide. In my view, it is HER connecting Jews in general with the acts of Israel — not him — and that is really unfortunate.
the sickest thing:
when israel defenders call criticizing israel attacking jews
and antisemitic bigots say the problem of what israel is doing is jews
they're both misdirecting the same way. away from israel and towards jews
@aral @randahl @benroyce
This point needs to be stressed again and again. Netanyahu is deliberately conflating hate for his Government with antisemitism, to the serious detriment of Jews everywhere. It’s a cynical move to make Jews outside Israel feel less safe and thus more likely to support Zionism. What an evil man Netanyahu is!
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@benroyce @randahl @FrancoisPrague that’s the point: it’s about calling a crime a crime. This whole “you’re just saying it because I’m <you name it>” is so exhausting.
@lordkhan @randahl @FrancoisPrague
antisemitism is very real and very serious in this world
but anyone flipping criticism of Israel into "antisemitism" is undermining the fight against real antisemitism
@randahl well Kanye toured the same stadium as Sheeran without any backlash from the stadium owner… I do not mean West and Pink are ideologically bound. Just they both have narratives the stadium owner is willing to accept in his stadium.
@randahl I just read a Dutch article in which he claims that the organisers of the tour and the concert venues are to blame, and he (Ed) tried to build bridges for that.
Best thing he can do, I think, is just bail out and cancel the whole thing.
@paulk he needs to make sure that his tour has a legal framework that prevents political censorship.
@randahl @paulk Sheeran’s statement on this was awful - a total cop out, doubling down on his desire to remain apolitical. Just terrible all around, considering we are dealing with a genocide.
Please look up statements by the bands that dropped out - they restored my faith in humanity.
Fuck Sheeran forever and ever (and I never say the F word, but damn)
@randahl again someone who falls from grace
@randahl The real winners here are the lawyers for the tour promoter.
They are going to generate many, many billable hours by suing everyone who breaks their tour contracts.
Everyone else will lose money here - the promoter, the musicians, the road crews, the fans. But the lawyers will have a great Christmas.
@randahl I can't stop thinking Master of Disaster everytime I hear what the American administration and it's oligarchs are up to.
@randahl
He says the promoter kicked the guy out. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o
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@randahl To be honest: I do not know any of this people. 🤣