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gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 13h ago

AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 14h ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …
David Gilbert@davidgilbert.bsky.social · 21h ago

“I was having a severe panic attack, my hands were shaking. My daughter, bless her, she went in the kitchen, got a knife, got our passports, and then came back to me. She said: ‘We need to protect ourselves.’ She’s 16.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

After Belfast burned: What happened to immigrant families whose homes were attacked?

At least 88 families made homeless in June’s race riots – most have not returned home

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Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 3d ago

But beyond that, there's an uncomfortable reality that centrists won't acknowledge: no matter how "pro-trans" Biden's administration was, trans rights got a whole lot worse between the years 2021 and 2025. Obviously, it was good that his administration did pro-trans things, but that's the reality.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 3d ago

Over the past couple of days, I've seen a lot of cis people say some version of, "Biden was the most pro-trans president ever, and you wouldn't vote for him, so now this is what you get." And it's just really weird for a few reasons.