Doom Loop? How the Gaza war plunged Ed Sheeran’s tour into crisis

Reported by IOL Entertainment · 18 Sep 2026

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Ed Sheeran is battling boycott calls, artist walkouts and growing criticism after Macklemore was dropped from his Loop Tour following pro-Palestine remarks, dragging one of the world’s biggest pop stars into the political fallout from the Gaza war.

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