Link: https://theneedling.com/2026/09/14/ed-sheeran-opener-replacing-macklemore-already-dropped-for-saying-free-america/

Just hours after Macklemore announced he’d been dropped by Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for saying “Free Palestine,” his replacement has reportedly also already been dropped by Sheeran’s tour for saying “Free America.”

“Ed told me that the words had also hurt a lot of people he spoke with who feel safer when certain people don’t have constitutional rights or human rights in general. I told him if those words are more offensive than thousands of people being unlawfully and indefintely detained in federal detention centers and worse, then there’s a fundamental disconnect between where those people stand and where I stand. But once again, he couldn’t get past his public facing ‘I don’t take sides. Also, I’m British and I still think kings and queens are cool, you sure you don’t wanna try it again?’”

Keep getting fucked, Ed boy.

I did it, I ate the (needling) onion

dammit. So did I.

You do realize that this is a satire website right?

None of that is a real quote.

I just can’t fucking tell what’s real or not anymore

I just wanted to say that hearing about every other band dropping out of that tour was the best news I've heard in a long time.

Well, its kind of a real quote