READ IT: Ed Sheeran's pre-concert speech to Philly crowd about the Gaza controversy

RIGHT THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS MAD FIRST MACKLEMORE GETS DROPPED AS HIS OPENING ACT FOR MAKING FREE PALESTINE COMMENTS AND THEN ALL HIS OTHER OPENERS PULL OUT OF THE TOUR ENTIRELY SO NOW ED SHEERAN IS STANDING ALONE AT LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD IN PHILLY GIVING THIS WHOLE SPEECH BEFORE HE EVEN PLAYS A SONG AND HE WAS CHOKING UP ADMITTING HE MADE MISTAKES AND SAYING HE NEVER WANTED TO BE AN ACTIVIST BUT HE HATES VENUES PRE-APPROVING CONTENT AND THEN HE ADDRESSED THE CONFLICT DIRECTLY SAYING OCTOBER SEVENTH WAS HORRIFIC AND CALLING THE DEVASTATION IN GAZA CATASTROPHIC AND UNJUSTIFIABLE AND DISPROPORTIONATE AND THE THING IS HE SAYS HIS HEART IS BROKEN OVER CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN AND NOW HE IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO HELP VICTIMS.

RIGHT SO PICTURE THIS ED SHEERAN CHOKING UP ON STAGE TELLING AN ENTIRE STADIUM HE IS SURPRISED ANYONE EVEN LIKES HIS MUSIC AND THEN YOU ZOOM OUT AND HE IS TOTALLY ALONE UP THERE BECAUSE MACKLEMORE GOT DROPPED OVER FREE PALESTINE REMARKS AND ALL HIS OTHER TOUR OPENERS WALKED OUT TOO SO NOW HE IS GIVING THIS WHOLE SPEECH BEFORE PLAYING A NOTE SAYING HE NEVER WANTED TO BE AN ACTIVIST AND HATES VENUES PRE-APPROVING ARTIST CONTENT AND THE THING IS HE ADDRESSED THE WAR DIRECTLY CALLING THE OCTOBER SEVENTH ATTACK HORRIFIC AND SAYING THE DEVASTATION AND LOSS OF CIVILIAN AND CHILD LIVES IN GAZA IS CATASTROPHIC AND UNJUSTIFIABLE AND DISPROPORTIONATE AND HE IS NOW SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP VICTIMS.

Ed Sheeran performed solo in Philadelphia after opening acts pulled out, giving a speech calling the Gaza devastation catastrophic and unjustifiable while mourning lost civilian lives.

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