Pop, Protests & Palestine: Ed Sheeran’s Moral Maze

Home Shows Spotlight To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: F24 © France24 13:01 Issued on: 19/09/2026 - 23:49 From the show A clash over music, politics and Palestine is putting freedom of expression in the spotlight. Macklemore’s outspoken support for Palestinians has sparked a backlash around Ed Sheeran’s US tour, raising a bigger question: should artists be expected to take a political stand, or are they equally free to stay silent? France 24’s Gavin Lee is joined by Dr Adam Behr, Reader in Music, Politics and Society at Newcastle University, to discuss the controversy. Produced by Gavin Lee, Antonia Cimini, Daniel Whittington and Guillaume Gougeon