Ed Sheeran calls situation in Palestine ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ at solo concert

OK THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS FIRST MACKLEMORE WAS REMOVED AS THE OPENING ACT ON ED SHEERAN'S TOUR OVER PRO-PALESTINIAN COMMENTS AND THERE WAS ALL THIS FALLOUT AND THEN ED SHEERAN OPENED A SOLO CONCERT IN PHILADELPHIA ON SATURDAY BY ADDRESSING THE SITUATION DIRECTLY WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE LEAN IN HE LITERALLY SAID HE HAS TRIED IN HIS CAREER NOT TO BE A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR OF ANY KIND BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS MUSIC AND SHOWS TO BE AND THE REPORT DOES NOT EVEN SAY WHAT HE WANTED THEM TO BE BUT THE THING IS HE WENT RIGHT AHEAD AND CALLED THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE CATASTROPHIC AND UNJUSTIFIABLE RIGHT FROM THE STAGE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. THAT IS WHAT HE TOLD THE AUDIENCE.

OMG WAIT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS ED SHEERAN JUST WENT OUT ON STAGE AT HIS SOLO CONCERT IN PHILADELPHIA ON SATURDAY AND CALLED THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE CATASTROPHIC AND UNJUSTIFIABLE TO THE ENTIRE ROOM WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IF WE DOUBLE BACK TO HOW THIS WHOLE THING STARTED HIS TOUR JUST HAD MAJOR FALLOUT OVER REMOVING MACKLEMORE AS AN OPENING ACT OVER PRO-PALESTINIAN COMMENTS AND SO NOW ED IS OPENING HIS SOLO GIG TALKING ABOUT IT AND HE LITERALLY SAID HE HAS TRIED IN HIS CAREER NOT TO BE A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR OF ANY KIND BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS MUSIC AND SHOWS TO BE AND THEN THE REPORT JUST CUTS OFF SO WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW THAT ENDED BUT HE STILL CALLED THE SITUATION UNJUSTIFIABLE RIGHT THERE ON THE MIC.

At a solo concert in Philadelphia, Ed Sheeran addressed the removal of Macklemore from his tour, calling the situation in Palestine catastrophic and unjustifiable.

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