Ed Sheeran performs at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden, December 12, 2025, in New York City. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
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Ed Sheeran opened his Philadelphia show Saturday night by admitting to “making mistakes”—maybe not quite the apology some people were hoping for. It was the star musician’s first performance since billionaire Robert Kraft pressured Sheeran and his team to remove Macklemore from his stadium tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
Sheeran, who seemed to be reading from
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