# Top Story: Ed Sheeran speaks out after Macklemore is forced off tour

https://mins.news/en/video/60196

- NBC News, 2026-09-16 01:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDB9d6oPPiM

> Ed Sheeran speaks out after Macklemore was forced out of the tour over pro-Palestinian comments. President Trump says the Kennedy Center will not reopen unless it bears his name, while a Pennsylvania man is arrested over an alleged terror plot.

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