[Opinion] U2 on the Ed Sheeran Macklemore Row: "No Billionaire, No Promoter, No Owner Has the Right to Censor Anybody"
The Irish band said venue owners and promoters cannot censor artists after Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour, which sparked solidarity withdrawals.
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U2 Weigh In on Ed Sheeran and Macklemore Tour Controversy
U2 have weighed in on Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour, backing the rapper’s right to speak out while cautioning against blaming Sheeran. “We totally support Macklemore’s right as an artist to say what he wanted to say,” the Edge said in an interview with BBC News. “I don’t think Ed should be vilified,” he added, acknowledging the difficult position Sheeran had been in. The guitarist also praised the artists who left Sheeran’s …
Bono argues that no one should be forced to position himself, while Larry Mullen Jr. says that the band does not accept billionaires dictating what artists speak on stage The post The opinion of U2 about Macklemore, Ed Sheeran and politics in music appeared first in TMDQA!.
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