Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, banned Macklemore from opening Ed Sheeran’s show at Gillette Stadium. The tour promoter banned Macklemore from other shows on the tour, and now all the opening acts have quit in…
Billionaire blamed for forcing Ed Sheeran to lose opening tour acts
The politics of U.S-Israel relations hit the concert stage this week as pop singer Ed Sheeran got caught in the crossfire between his opening acts and his concert promoters. All the opening acts lined up for Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” in…
Sing a new song: Reflections on Band Aid at 40
When it comes to Christmas music, I prefer mine sacred and sung by an English university choir. I haven’t really been “into” popular Christmas music or pop stars’ Christmas records (sacred or secular) since I was a kid — with…