Openers drop out of Ed Sheeran’s tour

[skaxboy 7,081]

Okay but wild thought but what if GaGa opened for him!?!!!

Ga(l) Ga(dot)!

 

 

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42 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

The fact that it didn’t occur to him that all of his openers being either Irish or of Irish descent would inform their politics on this is so funny to me 

2bh even that he didn't think of the fact that most of the internet is very pro Palestine would have dragged him to hell for the Mac dumpage.. it's like je didn't see what happened with pink 

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1 hour ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Bob Kraft isn’t the winner, tho lol. If the tour gets cancelled (which it’s likely to atp), the venue has to refund the tickets and the optics of this situation are genuinely awful for him.

insurance and contracts are a thing, it will be covered regardless, if Ed cancels, he pays a fine 

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1 hour ago, PartySick said:

The public has started meme'ing

Omg 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,304]

18 minutes ago, River said:

insurance and contracts are a thing, it will be covered regardless, if Ed cancels, he pays a fine 

No guarantee that the insurer pays the bulk of that, given that we don’t know the specifics of the contract. Also: if Sheeran has to cancel the tour largely because of Kraft’s (likely unlawful) coordination between other owners and the subsequent fallout, that coordination constitutes monopolistic activity which could absolutely be investigated and prosecuted under antitrust laws. And, again, even barring potential economic losses and legal fallout, the optics are horrendous. 

Edited yesterday at 08:17 PM by Ladle Ghoulash

[River 128,788]

ya'll made it looks like the backup band was important, but they are just guest for one act 

he can sing without them 

[Bronco 27,847]

3 minutes ago, River said:

ya'll made it looks like the backup band was important, but they are just guest for one act 

he can sing without them 

I mean its 8 songs including some of his biggest hits

The staging, show plan etc is all preplanned around that exact 8 song act. That's not a small section to rework. 

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32 minutes ago, Bronco said:

I mean its 8 songs including some of his biggest hits

The staging, show plan etc is all preplanned around that exact 8 song act. That's not a small section to rework. 

They most likely have a plan b, just in case something would happen (sickness and other issues), and he can still do some last minutes changes and use the instrumentals and that's it.. it's not really a deal breaker that would lead to cancelation..  it's not like he never performed without them.

37 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

No guarantee that the insurer pays the bulk of that, given that we don’t know the specifics of the contract. Also: if Sheeran has to cancel the tour largely because of Kraft’s (likely unlawful) coordination between other owners and the subsequent fallout, that coordination constitutes monopolistic activity which could absolutely be investigated and prosecuted under antitrust laws. And, again, even barring potential economic losses and legal fallout, the optics are horrendous. 

Don't underestimate the power of these people, they are covered in every single way just to avoid lose of money, he's still going to earn something, there's always a safety net, even in a legal battle, which is unlikely.. between the words, Ed and Kraft are on the same side, they knew a backlash would come.. supporting acts can be replaced last minute as well.. worst case, he brings Lady Starlight and his Israeli fans would suffer for real and they would say "haven't the Jews suffered enough"

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2 minutes ago, River said:

They most likely have a plan b, just in case something would happen (sickness and other issues), and he can still do some last minutes changes and use the instrumentals and that's it.. it's not really a deal breaker that would lead to cancelation..  it's not like he never performed without them.

I mean, stadium shows are planned out from the opening second to the final minute to ensure everything goes off at the correct time and things like lifts/pyrotechnics etc are all done safely and correctly. 

Changing an entire 8 song act, around a 1/3rd of the entire show, will require a lot of recongfiguring for the tech teams. 

We all know he can perform solo. 
The issue is operational logistics - the tech team need to replan a 1/3rd of the show, and there's no possibility to do a runthrough because it's the middle of the final leg of the tour. There's no built in gap to allow for show reworks etc. 

[Emvee 8,865]

Surprise, surprise. Fox News is praising the Kraft pervert, who’s in the Epstein files, for “using his leverage.” It’s only cancel culture when you’re calling them out for being bigots. 

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1 minute ago, Bronco said:

I mean, stadium shows are planned out from the opening second to the final minute to ensure everything goes off at the correct time and things like lifts/pyrotechnics etc are all done safely and correctly. 

Changing an entire 8 song act, around a 1/3rd of the entire show, will require a lot of recongfiguring for the tech teams. 

We all know he can perform solo. 
The issue is operational logistics - the tech team need to replan a 1/3rd of the show, and there's no possibility to do a runthrough because it's the middle of the final leg of the tour. There's no built in gap to allow for show reworks etc. 

we will see how things will turn out tbh.

and honestly, I don’t really care if the dates will be cancelled.

I disliked him since forever..

he’s was a bad person before this as well.

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Finally omg he can begone for once

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