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Didn't know who these two people were before today. One of then I'll remember when picking up some music and the other I've already forgotten.
It would be hilarious and awesome if Macklemore did free concerts/pro-palestine rallies outside these venues.
it was the patriot owner that banned him, and he snitched on him to other stadium owners to black list him permanently.
anti-GENOCIDE is considered controversial nowadays...
Back in the days it would've been anti nazi to support Jewish genocide. The irony.
Chaim Azriel Weizmann (/ˈkaɪm ˈwaɪtsmən/ KYME WYTES-mən;[a] 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was an Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and convincing the United States government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel in 1948.
Britain needeed acetone for bombs and Isreal was born. Always follow the money.
In 2003, it freaked me out when common Republicans toed the line regarding the torture matter, simultaneously saying torture isn't wrong, and waterboarding isn't torture. Some right-wing personalities volunteered to get waterboarded to show it wasn't so bad. When SERE indulged them they cracked inside a few minutes.
But yeah, half of the United States decided that torture was AOK. It was fucked up. It also shows some people only have integrity when it's about their own fam. When it's about outsiders, they'll endorse genocide if their lives are inconvenient.
MAGA is coming for liberals. Where a liberal is anyone who isn't MAGA.
I think it only took a few seconds before the host cracked.
Most people don't have integrity, period. It is not a value people hold. Rather, they believe it is better to be manipulative because they see that as powerful.
Are you saying our ALLIES aren't allowed to freely kill whoever they don't like!? You monster!
Well Ed fucking sucks. This is more than just passively looking away. Silencing criticism of a genocide makes you actively complicit.
History will remember people like this.
And Macklemore is cool. He might be cringy, but he's genuine and I like him. Saw him live once and it was one of the best shows I ever saw.
It's not Ed, it's the industry...
Like Macklemore said himself:
What happened to the artist? What d'you got to say?
If I was on a label, you could drop me today
I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page
I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake (Woo)
Macklemore is truly independent, he can say whatever the fuck he wants.
Ed has "his own label" but it's owned by Warner, so if they tell him to do something, he has to do it.
There's only a handful of major labels, but they "give" popular artists sub-labels to cultivate an illusion of diversity.
Epitaph is one of "biggest small labels" and they even pull the same shit, although I'm not gonna complain Tim Armstrong gets more autonomy....
Macklemore continued: “His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words ‘Free Palestine’ and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn’t get past his public facing, ‘I don’t take sides.’”
so a de facto fascist rather than an intentional one
‘I don’t take sides.’”
What an absolute bitch. Take a fucking side.
The point of ed sheeran is to be as bland as the average isekai/harem protagonist
That's a distinction without a difference. Of course the label were a factor here, likely the deciding one. But that just makes the label culpable without absolving Ed from it. They all fucking suck, but Ed is still the one doing shows. He could/should have made Macklemore a condition of contuining to perform.
I get what you are saying, this choice wasn't made by Ed alone. But at the end of the day, all I see is a genocide being covered up. It doesn't matter if we blame the artist or the label more, all of them are complicit in silencing criticism. They should all be addressed, called out and remembered for their active inaction.
How did that work out for Sinéad O'Connor?
And if you don't know who that is, there's a fucking reason.
Was it Courtney Love that got blacklisted for a decade because her advice to young girls was "if Harvey Weinstein invites you to a party, don't go."
Of course I do, and frankly they have both worked out quite well morally speaking. Courtneys clip got a lot of play during MeToo. She was one of the few to talk about an open secret.
So to be clear, you think Courtney shouldn't have talked? She should have known and kept it to herself like all the other slimey enablers? Because that's what Ed "I don't pick sides" Sheeran politics does, enables. No amount of money or fame should be worth ignoring genocide.
Apparently no one read the article:
Macklemore has been removed from the rest of Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour after several venues allegedly told the trek’s promoter that they would not allow the rapper to perform. The news came after Macklemore made several onstage statements in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and called for a “free Palestine.”
In an exclusive statement shared with Rolling Stone, Messina Touring Group, promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour, said: “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans. After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates.”
The option was show with no Macklemore or no show at all...
And that was the decision of the single company that owns almost every major venue in America
Yeah, the choice should have been "no show at all" then. That's the whole point.
Fuck that Ed refused to take a stand and Kraft mever banned Kanye after releasing heil hitler.
Sheeran could speak outjust like pink did but he chooses to let a friend and colleague be put on blast publicly. Ed has the money to not be silent.
Totally agree, solidarity forever!
Most stadiums and arenas are independently owned AFAIK. According to Mackelmore, Robert Kraft who owns Gillette Stadium, got him kicked of the tour.
Yeah, I saw someone else found a better link with an explanation from Macklemore. Every stop who threatened to cancel was an NFL stadium, it wasnt just Kraft and NE.
Highlights an even bigger issue where city/state residents foot the bill for these venues but then the billionaire keeps final control over it.
It's insane cities don't own their own stadiums. We pay for it anyways.
Ticketmaster/live nation continue to be one of the worst companies in America
That's the threat they made, I doubt they would have actually followed through but who knows
What did they think he was going to do? Palestine has been Macklemore's whole thing for a few years, now. When they booked him in the first place, did they think he'd just play Thrift Shop 5 times a night or something?
Yesterday I had no opinion on either. Today I have a higher opinion of Macklemore than Ed Sheeran.
I got burned out by the thrift shop song but check out his song “Same Love.” Dude has been a real one since the start, Palestine is just another cause he’s on the right side of.
“For those who like the same sex had the characteristics. The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision, that can be fixed with some treatment and religion.”
I love his debut album "The Language Of My World" but unfortunately it's been pulled from most streaming services a while back, not sure why.