Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
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Publisher signals
65/100
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Entertainment
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1
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The storm is expected to bring heavy wind and several inches of rain, starting on Friday night, and could pose a danger to faint in the open-air stadium, sources claimed.
uncertain
sources → expect → stadium
A separate insider told the outlet that everything is ready for Sheeran to perform on Friday, aside from lighting, which crew is thought to still be testing.
asserted
crew → tell → lighting
A final call has not been made and it is unclear if the shows will be rescheduled if Sheeran is forced to cancel, TMZ reported.
uncertain
TMZ → make → ?
The Standard has contacted Sheeran’s representative for comment.
asserted
Standard → contact → comment
Almost 200 people have been struggling to obtain refunds from Ticketmaster for Sheeran’s shows, prompting Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campell to step in and demand Ticketmaster give people their money back.
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Ticketmaster → struggle → money
It is understood that those ticket holders were not seeking refunds over the weather but because of Macklemore being dumped.
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Macklemore → understand → weather
The controversy began when Macklemore gave a two-minute speech at his New Jersey show earlier this month, saying he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”.
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we → begin → them
He then launched into protest song Hind’s Hall, which condemns Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and was dedicated to pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University.
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which → launch → University
Images of the devastation in Gaza were shown whilst he performed.
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he → show → Gaza
Macklemore told the crowd that a large reason why he signed on to the tour was for the opportunity to speak on the ongoing conflict.
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he → tell → conflict
The following day, at his second appearance at the MetLife Stadium, he reiterated his previous message with a direct address to Jewish members in the audience.
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he → reiterate → audience
My message is for peace, love; for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect and equality,” he said.
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he → treat → dignity
Shortly after his remarks, the Israeli-American Council launched a petition asking Sheeran and his management to remove Macklemore from the remaining dates.
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Council → launch → dates
Macklemore then announced he would no longer be playing the remaining dates of Sheeran’s Loop tour.
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he → announce → tour
He said stadium owner Kraft had organised the boycott, rallying other stadium owners who ultimately gave Sheeran the ultimatum: “If Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues”.
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you → say → venues
“Ed was in a f***** up position,” the rapper wrote.
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rapper → write → position
“He knew it.
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He → know → it
His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it had never been before.
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it → challenge → way
Last week, Sheeran insisted he was “not complicit” in Macklemore’s exit and was “appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine” but was not willing to “abandon” his crew and support acts on the tour.
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he → insist → tour
He broke down in tears onstage on Monday and said: “I’m feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandoned me.”
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I → break → me
He added that he had made “mistakes” in how he handled the Macklemore fallout and wasn’t sure if the tour would continue.
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tour → add → fallout
Macklemore has donated his one million-dollar (£747,328) tour net earnings to charities supporting Palestinian people, and challenged Kraft, who reportedly called for his removal from the tour, to do the same.
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who → donate → same
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