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Artists pull out of Ed Sheeran's tour as politics and music collide

NPR | By Michel Martin
Published September 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM PDT

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Zach Schonfeld about the rapper Macklemore being dropped from a tour with Ed Sheeran and what it says about the power of venue owners

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