Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
66/100
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Outlets on this story
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Entertainment
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Charlotte Church has accused Ed Sheeran of choosing “consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing” over the removal of his friend and support act Macklemore from his US tour.
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Church → accuse → tour
Sheeran’s tour was thrown into crisis after Macklemore made “free Palestine” declarations on stage.
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Macklemore → throw → stage
After a significant backlash, including pressure from the owners of stadiums hosting scheduled shows, the rapper was removed from the tour.
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rapper → include → tour
Shortly afterwards, Sheeran’s other support acts quit in solidarity.
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acts → quit → solidarity
Sheeran addressed the controversy during his concert in Philadelphia on Saturday, saying what was happening in Gaza was “catastrophic and unjustifiable”.
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happening → address → Gaza
He apologised to fans, saying: “I’ve had to take and make difficult decisions, and I am making mistakes, and I’m so, so sorry.”
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I → apologise → mistakes
He added that he wanted his music and shows to be about unity and humanity, not politics.
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music → add → unity
Church, who has previously been vocal about her support for Palestinians, said: “Ed Sheeran, we’re watching you,” during a gig in Cardiff on Sunday, and urged the audience to chant “free Palestine”.
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we → say → Palestine
She said: “Whilst he [Sheeran] has made millions and has an enormous following – he has an enormous platform to do real good in the world – he chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing.
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he → say → thing
“So we say the same thing to Ed Sheeran because fuck the fact that musicians shouldn’t be involved in politics.
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musicians → say → politics
She added: “Ed Sheeran, we’re watching you,” and repeated the phrase multiple times with her bandmates.
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we → add → bandmates
Church has taken part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations and has been a vocal opponent of the government’s proscription of Palestine Action.
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Church → take → Action
She has said the conflict has “massively changed” her.
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conflict → say → her
Macklemore claimed that Robert Kraft – the CEO of the Kraft Group, which owns Gillette Stadium – personally called Sheeran to say he would not be allowed to perform at the venue.
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he → claim → venue
Sheeran later said he would not be drawn into a public debate about the war in Gaza and that it was “the promoter’s decision” to remove Macklemore.
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it → say → Macklemore
On Saturday, Sheeran became emotional as he said he had been unsure “whether this tour would be carrying on” and “whether I even wanted to be an artist at all” after criticism levelled at him.
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criticism → become → him
This included, just hours earlier, a Saturday Night Live UK sketch, which depicted the singer as “sitting on the fence” as war broke out between humans and AI robots.
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war → include → humans
“I don’t like to take sides.
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I → like → sides
I don’t want to alienate any of my fans – humans or robots,” cast member Annabel Marlow said, as Sheeran.
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Marlow → want → Sheeran
“A lot of my tickets are bought by scalping bots.
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lot → buy → bots
Sometimes, when it comes to conflicts, the bravest thing you can do is to say nothing at all.”
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you → come → nothing
Meanwhile, The Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain shared a widely circulated video in which the therapist Megan Cooper accused Sheeran of crying “white tears” and playing “the victim”.
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therapist → share → victim
Sheeran is next due to perform on Friday 25 September at Kraft’s Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.
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Sheeran → perform → Massachusetts
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