I looked it up (and read an article on it): https://variety.com/2026/music/news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine-speech-1236861137/

It says nothing of whether Ed Sheeran himself wanted this. What it does say is:

Macklemore’s politically-themed set at the Sept. 4 concert sparked a petition from the Israeli American Council, which demanded the rapper be removed from the remaining dates on the Loop tour. The petition read: “This was an Ed Sheeran concert – not a political rally, not a protest, and not an activist event. The issue is not whether Macklemore has the right to hold political views. The question is where the line should be drawn when an opening act uses a global concert platform to advance a one-sided political agenda.”

During his appearances on Sheeran’s tour earlier this month, Macklemore told the crowd: “A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: ‘Free Palestine.’ I said, ‘Free Palestine!’ I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them.”

The rapper then sang his song “Hind’s Hall” as images from the destruction in Gaza were shown on the screens inside the stadium. The song is about the pro-Palestine demonstrators who occupied a building at Columbia University after the murder of Hind Rajab.

Macklemore’s speech went viral across social media and generated a second wave of headlines after the singer Pink reposted a call for the rapper to be dropped from Sheeran’s tour.

Messina Touring Group, promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour, said in a statement to Rolling Stone: “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.”

Based on that article, the ones I find directly involved are the Israeli American Council and the singer Pink reposting a call for him to be dropped (who posted the original call, I don’t know). Furthermore, the decision is being attributed to venues refusing to host the concerts if Macklemore is on the lineup. Note the language used “after discussions with stakeholders”. This is the language of business and management, not a single performer (Ed Sheeran) whimsically deciding to cave to pressure.

Without a statement from Ed Sheeran himself throwing Macklemore under the bus, or information showing that Ed Sheeran is the ultimate decision-maker in the operation of his tours, the most we can assume is that he’s not willing to take a stand. Not that he specifically loves zionist money. Point is, don’t be making thread titles that don’t even have a clickable source with them and at the same time distort / selectively leave out important aspects of what occurred. In future, I’m going to start reporting these kind of threads, as it’s not the first time you’ve done this kind of thing.

The thread title simplifies a story about the power of the zionist lobby, how control over private property (music venues) plays along, and how business will sometimes cave to demands if it hurts their bottom line, into a great man theory style title about how a single celebrity wasn’t principled (without information to back it up). Would it be a surprise if Sheeran is a zionist? No. But that’s not even the story here.