Roger Waters supports Macklemore, harsh criticism of Ed Sheeran

Roger Waters, one of the founders of the British music group Pink Floyd, harshly criticized Sheeran in his post about American rapper Macklemore, who was removed from Ed Sheeran's tour due to his support for Palestine.

Waters very clearly targeted Sheeran in the video message published on the social media platform of US-based company X.

Waters, who started the video with the phrase "Ed Who?", showed various portraits behind him and said that among them were Palestinian artist Bisan Owda, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese and a woman from Gaza.

In his message, Waters stated that there are two types of people in the world: "those who do the right thing" and "those who do the wrong thing", and cited Macklemore as an example of the first group.

Waters listed Sheeran among the people in the second group and described him as "despicable".

American rapper Macklemore was removed from the remaining concerts of singer Ed Sheeran's US tour after he gave messages of support to Palestine.

Grammy-winning American rapper Macklemore has publicly expressed his support for Palestine many times since 2023, when Israel's attacks on Gaza began.

Macklemore donated the proceeds of the song "Hind's Hall 2", which he prepared with Palestinian artists in support of Gaza, to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which Israel targeted with false claims.