At last a fellow pop star has stuck up for Ed Sheeran!
The singer has been hounded by fellow musicians since his tour promoter dropped rapper Macklemore from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian comments on stage.
By contrast, Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid made a point of singing Sheeran’s praises at the 2026 BMI London Awards, praising his ‘rare combination of genius and integrity’.
Receiving the BMI President’s Award, Johnny said: ‘One of the people who’s taught me most about myself as a writer and as a human is Ed Sheeran…’
Johnny, who co-wrote Sheeran’s Grammy-winning Shape of You, continued: ‘I met Ed when he
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