Ed Sheeran’s weekend live shows at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, have been canceled due to extreme climate situations.
The cancellation comes because the 35-year-old British singer faces probably the most intense backlash of his profession after eradicating US rapper Macklemore from his Loop Tour. The choice adopted pro-Palestinian remarks Macklemore made throughout Sheeran’s New Jersey performances earlier this month.
Following Macklemore’s departure, Sheeran’s different opening acts—Finneas, Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe—alongside along with his backing group Beoga, mentioned they might additionally go away the tour in solidarity with the rapper and the Palestinian trigger.
Sheeran has since confronted accusations that he “bowed to the mob” after apologizing to followers over his dealing with of the dispute.
The most recent setback got here earlier than the live shows, initially scheduled for Friday and Saturday, when Ticketmaster started providing refunds to ticket holders.
Robert Kraft mentioned in an announcement to TMZ: “Stadium and tour administration, together with public security officers, have been carefully monitoring the climate forecast over the previous week. Because of the extreme climate forecast all through the weekend, the tour has made the troublesome resolution to cancel the Ed Sheeran live shows at Gillette Stadium.
“The choice was made with the protection of followers, workers and everybody concerned within the reveals as the highest precedence. Refunds can be found now on the level of buy. Ticketholders who bought via Ticketmaster shall be robotically refunded.”
The Every day Mail mentioned it had contacted representatives for Sheeran, Ticketmaster and Gillette Stadium for remark however had not acquired responses.
Ed Sheeran’s weekend live shows at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, have been canceled. Sheeran is pictured in January 2026
The 35-year-old British singer is going through the most important backlash of his profession after reportedly dropping US rapper Macklemore from his Loop Tour over pro-Palestinian feedback made throughout the New Jersey reveals earlier this month. Sheeran is pictured in August 2026
Macklemore has mentioned Sheeran eliminated him from the tour after stress from Kraft, whom he linked to the rapper’s pro-Palestinian statements amid the persevering with battle between Israel and the Palestinians within the Center East.
Throughout a tearful efficiency final Saturday at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Monetary Subject, Sheeran addressed the controversy and mentioned his public messaging was not sometimes supposed to be political.
“I don’t need to disappoint followers, and I’ve by no means needed to be an activist musician, however this has put me in the course of an essential and passionate argument about freedom of speech and probably the most advanced political problem on the planet,” Sheeran mentioned.
Earlier Thursday, Macklemore introduced a run of “Free Palestine” tour dates starting subsequent month. Proceeds are set to assist organizations delivering support linked to Palestinian causes.
“If these final couple of weeks have proven us something, it’s that one thing has shifted over the past three years,” Macklemore wrote on Instagram. “There was a collective awakening round Palestinian liberation, the facility of billionaires that attempt to censor that decision, and what we count on from artists proper now.”
Manufacturing insiders mentioned Thursday {that a} storm shifting via the Northeast had disrupted building of Sheeran’s stage at Gillette Stadium
A fall storm threatened to derail the live shows after a serious controversy involving Macklemore and venue proprietor Robert Kraft, pictured in 2023
Macklemore introduced a sequence of “Free Palestine” tour dates starting subsequent month, with proceeds designated for teams offering support linked to Palestinian causes. He’s pictured final 12 months
He continued: “When the billionaire class can resolve which voices are allowed on stage and which of them are too harmful to listen to, everybody ought to be paying consideration.”
Ticket holders had already begun looking for refunds after Sheeran eliminated Macklemore from the opening lineup for his North and South American tour dates.
Massachusetts Lawyer Common Andrea Campbell introduced in a information launch on Thursday that Ticketmaster had mentioned it’ll honor a whole bunch of refund requests for the Gillette Stadium reveals amid the controversy.
‘After listening to from almost 200 shoppers who have been struggling to acquire refunds from Ticketmaster for Ed Sheeran’s reveals at Gillette Stadium this weekend,’ Campbell mentioned, ‘my workplace jumped into motion to demand that customers be offered a transparent path to get their a reimbursement in the event that they not need to attend attributable to important adjustments to the lineup.
‘I encourage anybody who desires a refund to behave rapidly and submit their request at the very least 24 hours earlier than showtime.’
