Ed Sheeran’s Tour Openers, Backing Band Resign After Macklemore Removal
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"Ed Sheeran’s Tour Openers, Backing Band Resign After Macklemore Removal" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 5 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include People.com, Yahoo, KHON2 and Pitchfork. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (11)
- All Ed Sheeran’s Support Acts Quit Stadium Tour In Solidarity With Macklemore Yahoo · 4h ago
- Ed Sheeran's close collaborator leaves tour after Macklemore's exit, Robert Kraft feud Yahoo · 4h ago
- Ed Sheeran says it wasn’t his call to drop Macklemore over ‘Free Palestine’ remarks The Forward · 4h ago
- Opening acts drop out of Ed Sheeran's tour in solidarity with Macklemore Yahoo · 4h ago
- AOC Says Robert Kraft Lined Up Stadiums to Censor Macklemore's 'Free Palestine' Comments Rolling Stone · 4h ago
- Irish artists, Finneas walk away from Ed Sheeran Tour over Macklemore ouster WRIC ABC 8News · 4h ago
- Ed Sheeran Openers Finneas, Lukas Graham and More Withdraw from Tour People.com · 4h ago
- Ed Sheeran breaks silence on Macklemore backlash Yahoo · 4h ago
- Irish artists, Finneas walk away from Ed Sheeran Tour over Macklemore ouster KHON2 · 4h ago
- AOC Accuses Patriots Owner Robert Kraft of Lining Up NFL Stadiums Against Macklemore After His “Free Palestine” Performance: “Censor Speech in That One Specific Way” Yahoo · 4h ago
- Ed Sheeran’s Tour Openers, Backing Band Resign After Macklemore Removal Pitchfork · 4h ago
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