{"id":1933173,"date":"2026-09-15T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1933173"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:13:33","slug":"ed-sheeran-says-dropping-macklemore-over-rappers-pro-palestinian-comments-was-promoters-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1933173","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran says dropping Macklemore over rapper&#8217;s pro-Palestinian comments was &#8216;promoter\u2019s decision&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran has addressed the removal of rapper Macklemore as his opening act after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments during a performance. Sheeran stated on Instagram that the removal decision was made solely by the tour promoters. He emphasized his commitment to fans and crew, saying he w&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/3fd73-ed-sheeran-says-dropping-macklemore-over-rappers-pro-palestinian-comments-was-promoter-s-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran has addressed the removal of rapper Macklemore as his opening act after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments during a performance. Sheeran stated on Instagram&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1933174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[117,118,114,115,116],"class_list":["post-1933173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-barcelona","tag-bayern","tag-cricket","tag-india","tag-pakistan","wpcat-79-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1933173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933175,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933173\/revisions\/1933175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1933173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1933173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1933173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}