‘I am not complicit’: Singer Ed Sheeran denies any part in removal of Macklemore from tour

LONDON: Singer Ed Sheeran has denied having any part in the decision to remove Macklemore as the support act from his Loop Tour following the US rapper’s on-stage pro-Palestinian remarks, and said venues had threatened to cancel shows if he remained in the lineup. The British singer also defended his own silence on the war in Gaza, after Macklemore’s removal sparked a widespread backlash on social media. “I am not complicit,” Sheeran wrote in a message posted on Instagram on Tuesday. “I have my