Ed Sheeran's next US concerts cancelled due to storm warning

Ed Sheeran's concerts successful Massachusetts connected Friday and Saturday person been cancelled due to the fact that of terrible upwind warnings successful the area.

The vocalist had been scheduled to execute 2 shows astatine the Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, adjacent Boston, arsenic portion of his existent US tour.

The circuit has been successful the headlines due to the fact that of a enactment implicit a determination to driblet Sheeran's enactment enactment Macklemore for making pro-Palestinian comments connected stage. Stadium owners including the Gillette Stadium's Robert Kraft lobbied for his removal.

A statement from the venue, external said: "Due to the terrible upwind warnings successful spot successful Boston and crossed New England passim the play and pursuing consultation with section officials, the promoter and circuit person made the hard determination to cancel the Ed Sheeran concerts astatine Gillette Stadium."

It added: "The determination was made with the information of fans, unit and everyone progressive successful the shows arsenic the apical priority.

"Refunds are disposable present astatine the constituent of purchase. Ticketholders who purchased done Ticketmaster volition beryllium automatically refunded."

Weather warnings for precocious winds are successful unit successful the country until the aboriginal hours of Sunday, and officials person told drivers to minimise travel.

Sheeran was astatine the oculus of a precise antithetic tempest past week aft the determination to driblet Macklemore from his tour.

The determination came aft the rapper made on-stage comments astatine earlier concerts including calling for "free Palestine" and referring to "genocide" successful Gaza, arsenic good arsenic showing images of Gaza.

Kraft, who is Jewish, accused the US rapper of hatred code and said Macklemore would not beryllium allowed to look astatine the Gillette Stadium, the location of his New England Patriots American shot team.

Sheeran said the determination to driblet Macklemore was made by his promoter, not by him. The promoter said venue owners including Kraft would person refused to fto the concerts instrumentality spot if Macklemore was connected the bill.

Macklemore's removal from the circuit led Sheeran's different enactment and backing artists to propulsion retired successful protest, and sparked a heated statement implicit escaped code and the relation of authorities successful music.

Returning to the signifier past weekend, Sheeran told fans helium "had to instrumentality and marque hard decisions - and I americium making mistakes - and I'm so, truthful sorry".