‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war

<p>Moment of reckoning for ‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music, who embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from billionaire</p><p>Ed Sheeran has long been known as the “Mr Nice Guy” of music. His is an unthreatening kind of pop stardom; h