'Situation in Gaza is unjustifiable,' says Ed Sheeran as he addresses Macklemore 'Free Palestine' controversy

Ed Sheeran opened a concert on Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage at an earlier show.Sheeran began the concert alone on stage with no opener, but was joined by other musicians later in the show.Sheeran said he wants his music and shows to be about unity and humanity, not politics. But he said that while the attacks in Israel of 7 October, 2023, were horrific, what is happening in Gaza “catastrophic and unjustifiable” and slammed it as “disproportionate”.“I don’t want to disappoint fans, and I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet,” said Sheeran during his performance at Lincoln Financial Field…