Guitar Center Ed Sheeran Contest Flooded With Troll Entries After Macklemore Drop-Out
A Guitar Center contest to open for Ed Sheeran receives trolling submissions following the singer's decision to remove Macklemore from his tour.
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 16 Sept 2026. Consequence published first, on 16 September at 21:24 UTC; NME followed 16h 04m later. The most recent article, from Rolling Stone, appeared on 17 September at 23:43 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Consequence, NME, 404 Media, Stereogum, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- ConsequenceAn Ill-Timed Guitar Center Contest: Open for Ed Sheeran
- NMEGuitar Center opens badly-timed competition to win opportunity to open for Ed Sheeran
- 404 MediaContest to Open for Ed Sheeran Flooded With Free Palestine Videos and Fart Memes
- StereogumGuitar Center’s Contest To Open For Ed Sheeran Is Real
- The A.V. ClubGuitar Center's "Open For Ed Sheeran" contest going about as well as expected
- Rolling StoneGuitar Center Addresses ‘Not Legitimate’ Entries Submitted in Ed Sheeran Tour Opener Contest
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Guitar Center Addresses ‘Not Legitimate’ Entries Submitted in Ed Sheeran Tour Opener Contest Rolling Stone
- Guitar Center's "Open For Ed Sheeran" contest going about as well as expected The A.V. Club
- Guitar Center’s Contest To Open For Ed Sheeran Is Real Stereogum
- Contest to Open for Ed Sheeran Flooded With Free Palestine Videos and Fart Memes 404 Media
- Guitar Center opens badly-timed competition to win opportunity to open for Ed Sheeran NME
- An Ill-Timed Guitar Center Contest: Open for Ed Sheeran Consequence
In this story
- Ed Sheeran
- Guitar Center
- Macklemore