Matt Jaye, a Jewish-American from Florida, said helium was outraged watching Macklemore's comments connected a New Jersey signifier earlier this period successful enactment of Palestine.
He contacted Ticketmaster and asked for a refund for tickets helium has to Sheeran's November amusement successful Tampa, Florida.
His petition was denied, which helium said was "pretty upsetting".
His temper changed, though, aft Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's line-up.
"I'm not successful favour of a one-sided presumption of things from an artist," Jaye, 48, said. "That's not wherefore I'm going to the concert."
Jaye said helium believed Sheeran bore immoderate culpability for Macklemore's pro-Palestinian protest.
"If [Sheeran's] saying that he's apolitical, I would expect him to support those aforesaid standards for the artists that he's bringing on," helium said.
"I don't deliberation helium handled it successful the champion mode possible."
He added that helium would person liked Sheeran to contented an apology to the Jewish assemblage for making portion of his assemblage "very uncomfortable".
Some fans are disquieted what volition go of the circuit by the clip Sheeran is acceptable to play successful their city.
Heather Park, who has tickets this weekend, said she's disquieted immoderate shows mightiness beryllium cancelled.
"My main happening was to spell spot Ed Sheeran," she said. "Macklemore was conscionable a bonus."
While Park, 49, believes Macklemore's ouster was unfair and a usurpation of escaped speech, she said she's mostly unbothered by the play and prefers to abstracted the creator from the art.
"I inactive similar the music," she says.
English (US)·