Ed Sheeran's new support acts: Less prominent, less political

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Ed Sheeran's stadium tour is back with a support act – just with different faces than planned. After the dismissal of Macklemore and the collective departure of the remaining support acts, the Brit has now confirmed new names for the warm-up program.

As Der Spiegel reports, the new lineup was deliberately chosen to be less prominent. Exactly who will take the stage before Sheeran is not clear from the available report. What's certain is that the acts are not meant to become a political powder keg.

How the support act lineup started to wobble

The trigger was Macklemore. The US rapper had been uninvited from the tour after making public statements about Israel and Gaza. After that, the rest of the support act lineup left the tour one after another. Sheeran suddenly found himself without an opener and had to fill the gap.

What this means for concertgoers

Anyone with a ticket will still get a full stadium program with a support act. However, those who had been hoping for big names in the support slot will need to lower their expectations a bit: the new acts are meant to warm up the audience, not generate headlines themselves. And anyone who'd rather not hear political statements at the concert can breathe a sigh of relief – according to Der Spiegel, that's exactly what's not going to happen.