All of Ed Sheeran’s openers— including Finneas— ditch tour after Macklemore fiasco

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All of Ed Sheeran’s openers— including Finneas— ditch tour after Macklemore fiasco

By David DeTurris, NY Post

Published Sep. 15, 2026

He might be going solo.

All four opening acts on Ed Sheeran’s tour, including Billie Eilish’s brother, have dropped out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore, who was booted from the concert series for his Israel-bashing comments.

Eilish’s brother Finneas, along with Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe, Danish band Lukas Graham and Irish folk group Beoga all announced their decisions to quit the tour in separate statements on Tuesday.

Lukas Graham, Beoga and Rowe were all scheduled to join Sheeran for the US leg of his tour while Finneas was planning to perform in South America.

Rowe was the first to announce the decision to ditch Sheeran’s LOOP tour, echoing some of Macklemore’s controversial ideologies.

He said that he didn’t “take the decision lightly” and thanked Sheeran for the opportunity to perform, but said he couldn’t respect himself if he played the remaining dates.

“I cannot stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children,” Rowe said.

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“Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed,” Finneas said. “I stand with Palestine and its people.”

Beoga blasted the “silencing of Macklemore by zionist lobbies” in another Instagram post announcing they’d be bowing out of the tour.

Lukas Graham said “[t]his is a difficult decision, but it’s one I need to stand by.”

Macklemore was yanked off of Sheeran’s tour after he went on a wild anti-Israel tirade at MetLife stadium during a show earlier in September.

“I wanted to stand up here on stages across America and say two words that are near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine,” Macklemore said, wearing a keffiyeh draped over his shoulders.

Macklemore was then kicked off the rest of the tour after several venues said they would not allow the lefty rapper to perform.