Ed Sheeran losing Instagram followers after tour controversy

LONDON: Ed Sheeran’s follower count on Instagram is tumbling amid the mounting controversy over Macklemore’s removal from the Loop Tour, The Independent reported. The American rapper’s online following, however, is on the ascent after he showed continued support for Palestine in the wake of his removal. Macklemore — best known for hit 2012 song “Thrift Shop” — said on Tuesday that he had been removed from the remaining stops on the US leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour after he had called for a “free Pa