As Ed Sheeran continues his Loop tour, read on to learn about what led to the controversy surrounding it and the ensuing fallout.

Over the weekend, the musician tearfully revealed he's lost family and close friends due to the controversy.

Ed Sheeran has lost almost 500,000 Instagram followers during what he has called 'one of the worst weeks of my life'.

Ed Sheeran has lost almost half a million Instagram followers amid the near-implosion of his US tour. The British singer-songwriter has been embroiled in an ongoing controversy following the decision to drop his opening act Macklemore from the Loop tour,

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A Massachusetts grassroots organization plans to protest at Gillette Stadium over the decision to remove Macklemore from Ed Sheeran's tour after the rapper made pro-Palestinian remarks onstage.

Ed Sheeran’s concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Friday, Sept. 25, is now listed for an 8 p.m. start on Ticketmaster.

The singer made addressed the audience after his support acts, including Finneas and Lukas Graham, withdrew from his tour.

Irish band The Script offered work to a couple of the band’s that left Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore after the rapper was dropped.