How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career
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Will Ed Sheeran cancel his tour as support acts quit?
艾德·希兰会因为支持活动的退出而取消他的巡演吗？
Singer Ed Sheeran is facing the biggest controversy of his career after a storm over a decision to drop support act Macklemore from his US stadium tour following the rapper's on-stage pro-Palestinian comments.
歌手艾德·希兰 (Ed Sheeran) 在台上发表支持巴勒斯坦的言论后，决定取消支持表演者麦克勒莫 (Macklemore) 的美国巡回演唱会，引发了一场风暴，引发了他职业生涯中最大的争议。
Sheeran is one of the most successful songwriters of all time. He has sold more than 120 million records and spent more than 1,000 weeks on the US album charts.
希兰是有史以来最成功的词曲作者之一。 他已售出超过 1.2 亿张唱片，并在美国专辑排行榜上停留了 1,000 多周。
Part of his appeal - apart from those insidiously catchy songs - is his everyman persona. He looks and dresses like a fan on the train home from Glastonbury, rather than one of the festival's headliners.
除了那些阴险而朗朗上口的歌曲之外，他的部分吸引力在于他的普通人形象。 他的外表和穿着都像一位从格拉斯顿伯里回家的火车上的歌迷，而不是音乐节的头条新闻之一。
He has carefully cultivated a non-threatening, everyone welcome public image. In 2014, he donated his entire wardrobe to charity shops. The same year, he adopted a one-month-old kitten, saving it from euthanasia, and named it Graham. Today, he runs a charity providing music lessons to under-18s in his home county of Suffolk.
他精心塑造了一个不具威胁性、人人欢迎的公众形象。 2014年，他将自己的整个衣柜捐给了慈善商店。 同年，他收养了一只一个月大的小猫，将其从安乐死中拯救出来，并将其命名为格雷厄姆。 如今，他经营着一家慈善机构，在家乡萨福克郡为 18 岁以下青少年提供音乐课程。
He tries to stay out of politics - usually only getting involved to campaign for issues like copyright protection and ticket touting, or to raise concerns over the impact of Brexit on touring musicians.
他试图远离政治——通常只参与版权保护和门票兜售等问题的竞选活动，或者提出对英国退欧对巡演音乐家影响的担忧。
But like most artists, he leans left. In 2017, he said he supported then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, despite not endorsing him at the stump.
但像大多数艺术家一样，他倾向于左倾。 2017年，他表示支持当时的工党领袖杰里米·科尔宾，尽管他在竞选时并未表示支持。
"People thought that, because I didn't put myself behind him, I wasn't a Corbyn supporter," Sheeran told the Sunday Times. "If you knew me as a person, and listened to my music, you would be able to make a pretty educated guess that he would be the kind of person I really dig."
“人们认为，因为我没有站在他身后，所以我不是科尔宾的支持者，”希兰告诉《星期日泰晤士报》。 “如果你了解我这个人，并且听过我的音乐，你就能做出有根据的猜测，他会是我真正喜欢的那种人。”
When it comes to non-musical issues, Sheeran prefers to remain circumspect. His reasoning, he says, is that music should unite. He views his concerts as a "place of safety and sanctuary" built on shared humanity.
当谈到非音乐问题时，希兰倾向于保持谨慎。 他说，他的理由是音乐应该团结起来。 他将他的音乐会视为建立在共同人性基础上的“安全和避难所”。
This week, that argument has come crumbling down - creating a crisis for his reputation and career.
本周，这一论点已经崩溃——给他的声誉和职业生涯造成了危机。
Ed Sheeran performing with Macklemore at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2014 By now, you probably know the story.
Ed Sheeran 与 Macklemore 在 2014 年 iHeartRadio 音乐节上表演 现在，您可能已经知道这个故事了。
Macklemore was picked as opening act on Sheeran's US tour, and on the first night made a speech saying "Free Palestine" and showing images of the destruction in Gaza. The following night, he referred to the death toll as a genocide, a claim that Israel rejects.
麦克勒莫尔被选为希兰美国巡演的开场嘉宾，并在第一天晚上发表了“自由巴勒斯坦”的演讲，并展示了加沙遭到破坏的图像。 第二天晚上，他将死亡人数称为种族灭绝，但以色列否认了这一说法。
He faced condemnation, with the organisation StopAntisemitism accusing Macklemore of "ambushing" the audience.
他遭到谴责，“停止反犹太主义”组织指责麦克勒莫尔“伏击”观众。
Stadium owners, apparently led by the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, put pressure on Sheeran and his promoters to drop him from the tour. After a week of backroom discussions, they got their way.
以新英格兰爱国者队亿万富翁老板罗伯特·克拉夫特为首的体育场老板向希兰及其发起人施压，要求他退出巡回赛。 经过一周的幕后讨论，他们达成了共识。
On Tuesday, Sheeran issued a statement saying the decision was made by the promoters, not by him.
周二，希兰发表声明称，这一决定是发起人做出的，而不是他自己做出的。
He said he had tried to build bridges between the parties, to no avail.
他表示，他曾试图在双方之间架起桥梁，但没有成功。
And he said he was "not complicit", arguing that his decision to remain out of the Middle East debate in public wasn't proof he "didn't care". "I am appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine," he wrote.
他表示自己“不是同谋”，并认为他决定不参与公开的中东辩论并不能证明他“不在乎”。 “我对以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的冲突感到震惊，”他写道。
"The suffering and pain caused on both sides is a human tragedy. There are too many wars across the world causing immeasurable pain, none of which should be tolerated." He continued: "There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics - my audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds."
“双方造成的痛苦是一场人类悲剧。 世界各地有太多战争造成了无法估量的痛苦，任何一场战争都不应该被容忍。” 他继续说道：“我不利用我的专业平台参与政治是有原因的——我的受众包括各种背景的年轻人，通常是儿童。”
All support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour quit after Macklemore dropped Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after 'Free Palestine' speech If Sheeran is so concerned about children, critics said, how come he hasn't mentioned the thousands of children killed in Gaza?
麦克莫尔退出后，艾德·希兰美国巡演的所有支持活动都停止了 麦克莫尔在“自由巴勒斯坦”演讲后退出艾德·希兰巡演 批评者说，如果希兰如此关心儿童，他为什么没有提到加沙地带数千名儿童被杀害？
Others pointed out that his abstention from politics was not absolute.
其他人则指出，他并非绝对不参与政治。
He wore a "justice for Grenfell" T-shirt at Wembley Stadium in 2018 after the Grenfell Tower fire, played the Concert For Ukraine in 2022, and recorded a protest song about the Ukraine war with U2 earlier this year.
2018 年格伦菲尔大厦火灾后，他在温布利体育场穿着一件“为格伦菲尔伸张正义”的 T 恤，在 2022 年为乌克兰举办了音乐会，并在今年早些时候与 U2 录制了一首有关乌克兰战争的抗议歌曲。
Questions were also raised about his relationship with Kraft.
人们还对他与卡夫的关系提出了质疑。
Sheeran sang at the businessman's wedding in 2022, and in a subsequent interview called him "super sweet". Music journalist Jeffrey Ingold said Sheeran's apparent acceptance of the decision to drop Macklemore seemed like "cowardice".
2022 年，希兰在这位商人的婚礼上献唱，并在随后的采访中称他“超级甜蜜”。 音乐记者杰弗里·英戈尔德表示，希兰显然接受了放弃麦克勒莫尔的决定，这似乎是“怯懦”。
"He is one of the biggest musicians in the world," Ingold told BBC Radio 5 Live. "He has power and he has leverage.
“他是世界上最伟大的音乐家之一，”英戈尔德告诉 BBC 广播 5 直播。 “他有权力，也有影响力。
And he has essentially washed his hands and said, this is not my responsibility.
他基本上已经洗手并说，这不是我的责任。
"He had options, right? He could have said to the promoters and the owners of the venues, including Robert Kraft, 'You know what, we're not going to do the shows there. If you're not going to let us all perform, we're not going to do it'.
“他有选择，对吧？ 他本可以对包括罗伯特·克拉夫特在内的场馆发起人和所有者说，‘你知道吗，我们不会在那里演出。 如果你不让我们所有人表演，我们就不会这样做。”
He could have found alternate venues." Hours after Sheeran's statement landed, his tour went into crisis. All three support acts for the remaining shows - Finneas, Aaron Rowe and Lukas Graham - pulled out, voicing support for Macklemore. Beoga - who back Sheeran to play songs like Galway Girl and Nancy Mulligan - also quit.
他本可以找到替代场地。” 希兰的声明发表几小时后，他的巡演陷入了危机。 其余节目的所有三名支持演员——芬尼斯、亚伦·罗和卢卡斯·格雷厄姆——均退出，表达了对麦克勒莫的支持。 贝奥加（Beoga）——支持希兰演奏《戈尔韦女孩》（Galway Girl）和南希·穆里根（Nancy Mulligan）等歌曲的人——也退出了。
Many of them said Macklemore's axing, at the hands of a group of billionaire venue owners, represented a chilling effect on free speech. Others from music and beyond have spoken out. Pop star Pink, who is Jewish, reposted an anti-Macklemore meme and then her own message, explaining why she was critical of the rapper's comments.
他们中的许多人表示，一群亿万富翁场馆老板对麦克莫尔的解雇代表了对言论自由的寒蝉效应。 音乐界及其他领域的其他人也发声了。 流行歌星平克是犹太人，她转发了一个反麦克莫尔的表情包，然后转发了她自己的信息，解释了为什么她批评说唱歌手的评论。
Suddenly, against his will, Sheeran has become the centre of a political storm over one of the world's most divisive issues.
突然间，希兰违背自己的意愿，成为了围绕世界上最具分裂性问题之一的政治风暴的中心。
Could Sheeran have handled it better when the controversy blew up? Absolutely. In his statement, he said he wanted to continue the tour, to avoid letting down fans and the crew who rely on his concerts to make a living.
当争议爆发时，希兰能处理得更好吗？绝对地。 他在声明中表示，他想继续巡演，以免让依靠他的演唱会谋生的歌迷和工作人员失望。
If he had threatened to pull the plug on the shows, he could have framed it as a protest for free speech - although that would still inevitably have been interpreted as an endorsement of Macklemore's statements.
如果他威胁要终止节目，他可能会将其视为对言论自由的抗议——尽管这仍然不可避免地被解释为对麦克勒莫尔声明的认可。
So, Sheeran stumbled into a Catch 22 situation.
于是，希兰陷入了第22条军规的境地。
He was damned either way.
不管怎样，他都该死。
His nice guy image has taken a huge dent, and the "not my responsibility" tone of his statement certainly didn't help.
他的好人形象受到了巨大的损害，而他声明中的“这不是我的责任”的语气当然也无济于事。
Ingold says: "I think it will change the way people look at him and see him from this point forward. "He has said he's not complicit, but he actually is incredibly complicit in what's happening [on this tour]."
英戈尔德说：“我认为这将改变人们看待他以及今后看待他的方式。 “他说过他不是同谋，但他实际上是[这次巡演]所发生的事情的同谋。”
Jem Aswad, executive music editor of Variety, says the episode shows "you can't be neutral on this issue" - but points out that most people don't go to Sheeran's concerts to be reminded of issues like Gaza, "they go there to stop thinking about it and be entertained".
Variety 的执行音乐编辑杰姆·阿斯瓦德 (Jem Aswad) 表示，这一集表明“你不能在这个问题上保持中立”，但他指出，大多数人去希兰的音乐会并不是为了提醒人们想起加沙这样的问题，“他们去那里是为了停止思考并获得娱乐”。
Aswad doubts that this controversy will cause his career major damage, saying he doesn't think most of the criticism "is necessarily coming from Ed Sheeran's fans".
阿斯瓦德怀疑这场争议会对他的职业生涯造成重大损害，并表示他认为大多数批评“不一定来自艾德·希兰的粉丝”。
"It's coming from people who object to the way that he's behaved in this [situation], and I'm not sure a lot of those people are really Ed Sheeran's fans."
“这是来自那些反对他在这种情况下的行为方式的人，我不确定这些人中有多少人真的是艾德·希兰的粉丝。”
We'll find out when Sheeran plays his next show in Philadelphia on Saturday.
我们将在周六希兰在费城举行他的下一场演出时得知。
A vocal contingent might make their thoughts known, but many will just be turning up to enjoy the music.
一支声乐队伍可能会表达他们的想法，但许多人只是来欣赏音乐。
The loss of his backing band isn't the disaster it may seem, either.
失去伴奏乐队也并不是表面上的灾难。
On previous tours, Sheeran has been the only artist on stage - accompanying himself on a loop pedal instead of relying on other musicians. But once this run of concerts ends in Mexico this December, his next steps will have to be carefully planned.
在之前的巡演中，希兰是舞台上唯一的艺术家——用循环踏板为自己伴奏，而不是依赖其他音乐家。 但一旦这一系列音乐会于今年 12 月在墨西哥结束，他的下一步行动就必须仔细计划。
Perhaps, in an age of febrile discontent, staying above the fray is simply impossible.
或许，在一个极度不满的时代，置身事外根本不可能。
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