I feel like their names should be said.
They are not large bands who make millions and deserve your support!
Ed Sheeran stands to gain most from this from the free publicity.
Lukas Graham is pretty big. And Finneas is Billie Eilish’s brother and producer. He makes a ton of money.
The other two though are absolutely standing on business and taking a hit.
Fair enough, I didn’t know any of them before but it’s not really my style of music. I still feel like they are nowhere near as popular as Sheeran.
Beoga actually sound quite nice classic irish folk music!
Well I guess Lukas Graham only had the one big album a while back. So good on them too for standing up.
You are right that none of them are as big as Ed Sheeran though.
I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open, not closed.
- Sheeran in defense of a few billionaire’s right to close conversations they don’t like
I read his statement as:
I choose to use my fame and platform to shield myself and avoid uncomfortable conversations that might result in the alienation of some of my fans.
I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary
Unless you’re a Palestinian child. Fuck those kids.
i don’t really listen to ed sheeran, but i hope his lyrics are better than his prose
He’s Taylor Swift for 50 year old women.
Doesn’t that also describe Taylor Swift?
Nah Swift is for 36 year old women.
Taylor Swift appeals to women who are mad at their ex boyfriends for not appreciating them. Sheeran appeals to older women who wished they had found a better partner than they did.
But not better in any measurable way, because that’s not Sheeran’s vibe. Just “better” while still being comfortably the same.
Wow, how depressing.
Naw swift is for a lot of 30 year olds male and female.
Now, I wonder if a PR team writes his lyrics.
I doubt it would have any impact on the lyrics
I think it’s a joke implying the PR team wrote the statement.
I wooshed myself.
He has pros?
Iron helps us play!
He has iron in him, right?
he was at krafits wedding, he performed there.
Yesterday, Ed Sheeran said he couldn’t cancel tge tour because it would screw over his other amazing supporting acts. Today, headline went like
ThreeFourAll supporting acts quit.
As I understand it, all the supporting acts are out now, including his own touring band.
The touring band part illustrates his complete cowardly failure pretty well.
Yep it seems that way. Feels like a big deal. Great to see all these acts taking a stand despite the lost revenue.
Fuck pink. Fuck ed. Fuck Israel. Fuck Robert Kraft. Free Palestine!
Need a site to note genocidal zionists.
I hope people start demanding refunds. Teach the daywalker that actions (or lack thereof) have consequences.
If everyone’s lack of action was persecuted we’re all going to climate change jail
Climate change jail is just Earth.
I lold
If it’s relative to the level of damage then 80% of the world would only spend a day in climate change jail.
My minimum wage earning ass is getting a diversion
What does daywalker mean in this context?
It’s a South Park reference, referring to his being a ginger.
I’ve seen the episode. I thought it meant something else.
Maybe Pink can fill in. As long as there aren’t any Palestinians or anti-Zionists in the audience. Otherwise she might feel uncomfortable.
We must make the world a safe place for milennial wine moms
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As a Gen-xer, we don’t want her. She’s got big time boomer energy
The sooner you realize there are boomers in every generation, the sooner you accept that age isn’t the old issue leading people to be complete cunts.
Idk man the boomers were an especially awful generation.
Their parents called them “the me generation”, before the baby boom became a term, because they were so selfish.
Then turned around and raised gen-x through Gen Z and called them lazy …
The boomers were a product of their time and we got fucked by them hard.
True. Boomer is a mindset.
she fully physically transformed into a Karen now.
Pink also sucks now?
When the “stopantisemitism” organisation wrote an article about macklemore pink posted it on insta and simply said “awful” or something. a week or so later she provided a more detailed stance which was kinda mixed. something like “everyone hating on me. I’m a jew. Violence is bad. hamas is bad.”
She made specific allegations that Macklemore brought out a costume designed to resemble a Jewish stereotype (black hat, beard, prominent nose) and in doing so implied that Jews had responsibility for Gaza. Was she lying or distorting things?
It was 12 years ago. He wore a disguise on stage that kinda looked like a Jewish caricature. Bad costume choice, but not antisemitism IMO.
It was an antisemitic caricature. He is in the good side of the conflict, but we don’t need any of this stuff.
Is there more context that obviously identifies it as a Jewish caricature?
I’m pretty sure this guy tried to sell me a moped in Macedonia.
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Here’s Macklemore’s response to the accusation:
He explained that he randomly chose the elements of the outfit so that he could disguise himself and move freely around during the secret show.
“I acknowledge how the costume could, within a context of stereotyping, be ascribed to a Jewish caricature,” he wrote.
“I am here to say that it was absolutely not my intention and unfortunately at the time I did not foresee the costume to be viewed in such regard.”
Lmaoo this is you rn
sure it might hurt some feelings
how many kids did that costume bomb?
Doing this shit is collaborating with the Zionists. They love shielding behind that antizionism is antisemitism.
The shit going on there doesn’t excuse racism/antisemitism
Macklemore brought out a costume designed to resemble a Jewish stereotype
When was that ?
I too missed something.
And Kid Rock.
Honestly fuck her too. I used to like her and clearly I have terrible judgement.
See Ed this is what you could have done called the bluff you are not powerless.
Genocide Ed there is worth an estimated $400M USD. I can’t imagine having that much money and thinking “can’t cause a ruckus and lose my income.” Fucking coward.
You’re forgetting the other, equally likely option: he personally likes the genocide.
Perhaps the reason he has that kind of money is because the people that give it to him know that he doesn’t have principles to begin with.
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Robert Kraft is ultra zionist pro genocide Trump donor, btw. Owns the tour, afaik, or at least some of the arenas.
The same guy who went to rub 'n tugs
specifically at places that were under investigation for human trafficking
Pink, kid rock, and Metallica need money. You can tour with them
What did Metallica do now?
Some people are still upset about napster.
yeah I am. fuck them.
they were only anti establishment until they got rich off of said establishment, then they were all like ohhh yes establishment yes give me more more establishment yeesssss.
/probably lyrics to their shit songs. idk.
Are you me?! I’ve hated them since all the Napster shit back in the day and always turned the radio when “Mandatory Metallica” would come on. I’d rather sit in silence.
Then they did everyone a favor and made music after the Black Album that was absolute garbage. Load & Reload we’re both Loads of shit… pun intended.
maybe you are me? I agree with all that.
that’s where that’s from?
dead internet theory confirmed. we are all me.
Soul fracture theory? Ugh… fine
Wow, I didn’t know Mandatory Metallica was a thing, I just thought the local DJ really liked them.
I still rock out to Master of Puppets but I think bad things about James Hetfield afterwards
have you listened to “Torturing James Hetfield” by Chumbawamba? It’s pretty amusing!
https://www.grunge.com/790537/the-biggest-scandals-to-ever-hit-metallica/
Is it any of these?
Their post-black-album shittiness predates the Napster idiocy by 4 years. They went to shit before they shot themselves in the foot.
I still think Master of Puppets is a fantastic album though.
Mandatory Metallica
was this just a Milwaukee 102.9 (if I remember right) thing or also in other regions??
Basically every rock and roll radio station has it
Ffs is this the reason why I get along with so many folks on the fedi?
This needs to be researched fully.
Did napster directly lead to the fediverse? Brave researchers, begin!
well I’m here because fuck spez and reddit. I was relatively unaware of fediverse and activity pub. …but somehow totally aware of how slow matrix is going.
I mean me too, I’m talking core though.
The kind of people who would get pissed off about reddit like with the apicalypse are the same kind of people who would get mad about metallica and napster, don’t you think?
They did something else too, it’s on the edge of my memory, ugh, in the last 5 years, something they said, oh that’s going to bother me all day till it randomly pops in my head later (at 3am).
Fuck Lars
And the rest are still upset about St. Anger.
Why use a snare without snare wires? BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK, is all I hear when I listen to st anger
And here’s Lars, on the trash cans…
You say that, and I hate that album, but it’s a legendary meme now and that’s probably better than if it was Load/Reload 3.0.
My name was on that first list of 150k. I never really liked Metallica to begin with and only snagged like 2 songs for a gym mix someone requested for track practice.
They are also just kind of shitty people in general.
They’ve spent their entire lives with everyone telling them they were gifted musical idols, and they are to an extent. That doesn’t make them great or useful people though.
They won’t build you a house, or heal the sick, or drill a well, or take away your garbage, but they are good at what they do.
Funny enough. Vanilla ice would build you a house.
you’d think they’d have moved on, we have soulseek now
With it being so not-mainstream I actually feel safe on soulseek sharing my lib.
I’m upset about the human pile of shit they call a drummer. Clearly, when Cliff Burton died he took all the talent with him.
Are you a drummer? Cause I feel like drummers always hate Lars. I know nothing about drumming, and they all seem the same to me.
He’s just a giant asshole, that’s my main beef with him. For example, when they played in Bulgaria back in the day, he did an interview on TV and he was wearing two rolexes, one on each wrist.
oh, gotcha. This is probably legit.
i’m just a percussionist, not a drummer (if you ask i will lie and say i play wood block) and i wouldn’t say hate, but i really dislike lars. if he bought me a drink i’d decline.
yea that’s when I gave up on those shills
The Metallica show I saw they were touring with Five Loser Death Punch. FFDP made plenty of right wing dog whistle comments through their set, and there’s no secret about how they want to be percieved.
I have never been to a tour where the main band doesn’t choose supporting bands that generally align with their views. Sometimes the less-popular band gets to say what the main one doesn’t want to themselves.
The atendees flew trump flags, thin blue line flags, amd Gadsden flags in the parking lot. They wore militia-style shirts and hats (crossed rifles, “freedom” slogans, raggedy flag shirts, etc). They were everywhere.
Metallica’s public image is highly curated, but everything I found about them points toward “highly conservative rich white dudes with few consequences” beliefs. The attendee’s display of thier politics just seals it.
I was a very long time Metallica fan, from the RtL, MoP, and AJfA days. I thought they were way out of line when it came to threatening fans over the whole Napster thing, but the right wing BS I saw at the concert ensures I’ll never listen to them again.
Metallica’s public image is highly curated, but everything I found about them points toward “highly conservative rich white dudes with few consequences” beliefs. The attendee’s display of thier politics just seals it.
did you watch the documentary too
Yes
They wore militia-style shirts and hats (crossed rifles, “freedom” slogans, raggedy flag shirts, etc).
So… Grunt Style?
Among others.
Haven’t cared about his music, but didn’t know he was this out of touch…
How I felt too. Found a few new bands to add to my library though. Fuck sheeran
he did perform at Kraft’s weddings, hes trying to not bite the hand that feeds him.
I didn’t know that since I’m not following him, but yeah, it tracks.
The promoter really said, “we support genocide in this house,”
and all the supporting acts responded, “we don’t take blood money! Bye Ed.”
