Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, singer-songwriter Finneas and Danish pop band Lukas Graham have all pulled out of their support slots for the North American leg of Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with fellow opening act Macklemore.

Macklemore was axed from the lineup after he expressed his support for Palestine on stage in New Jersey last week. Sheeran insists that it was not his decision to remove the rapper from his tour.

Dave Hanratty, host of the No Encore podcast, speaks to Matt on The Last Word.

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