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‘I’m so, so sorry’: Ed Sheeran labels war in Gaza ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’

The Age Nell Geraets

20 Sept 2026 11:27 AEST Summary

From the report

The besieged musician apologised and addressed fans directly for the first time at his Philadelphia concert opener Macklemore was dropped for making pro-Palestine remarks onstage.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of concert stage lights crowd, used to illustrate it. on stage (cc) marfis75 / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of concert stage lights crowd, used to illustrate it. on stage (cc) marfis75 / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 11.3 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 18.8 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Age ‘I’m so, so sorry’: Ed Sheeran labels war in Gaza ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ plain
WAtoday Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy plain

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Outlet	Niral Score
The Ageas they published this story	11.3

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WAtoday ‘I’m so, so sorry’: Ed Sheeran labels war in Gaza ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ Niral 11.3 political 0 WAtoday Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy Niral 5.6 political 0 The Age Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy Niral 5.6 political 0 Brisbane Times ‘I’m so, so sorry’: Ed Sheeran labels war in Gaza ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ Niral 9.6 political 0 Brisbane Times Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy Niral 5.6 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald ‘I’m so, so sorry’: Ed Sheeran labels war in Gaza ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ Niral 9.6 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy Niral 5.6 political 0