Be honest, have you ever heard of Macklemore, Aaron Rowe, Finneas, Lukas Graham or an Irish band called something like Begorah?
Nope, me neither. But they are the support acts who have pulled out of Ed Sheeran’s American tour after rapper Macklemore was banned from arenas because of his pro-Palestinian on-stage propaganda.
I’ve heard of Cliff Michelmore, who used to present the BBC Light Programme’s Two-Way Family Favourites with his wife Jean Metcalfe. But Macklemore? Not a clue.
Apparently, he’s famous for dressing up in ‘Jewface’ and falsely accusing Israel of ‘genocide’. Which is why promoters have pulled the plug on him and
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