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The Shaw Report - It's All Put Ed Sheeran And His Promoters In A Difficult Position · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: The Sure Report.
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  Speaker 2: When someone big is on tour, as you know, they
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  Speaker 2: often have a couple of opening acts. You know, when
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  Speaker 2: we saw Ed Sheeran earlier this year, he had Vance Joy,
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  Speaker 2: he had someone before Vance Joy. And now Ed Sheeran's
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  Speaker 2: first opening act on the current tour. Aaron Rowe has
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  Speaker 2: announced he is dropping out of the tour as well
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  Speaker 2: to stand in solidarity with Macklemore, who was pulled from
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  Speaker 2: the tour because of his comments on stage supporting Palestine.
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  Speaker 2: Aaron took to social media writing, I have made the
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  Speaker 2: decision to withdraw as a support act on Ed Sheeran's tour.
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  Speaker 2: I don't take the decision lightly. Ed has changed my life.
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  Speaker 2: I could never thank him enough for this. However, as
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  Speaker 2: Irish people, he's Irish, we know all too well about genocide,
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  Speaker 2: forced famine and violent occupation. I cannot stand by and
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  Speaker 2: allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence others. Now,
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  Speaker 2: by billionaires, By billionaires, he means the stadium owners threatening
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  Speaker 2: to cancel Ed's shows if he didn't drop Macklemore. It's
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  Speaker 2: all put Ed Sheeran and his promoters in a very
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  Speaker 2: difficult position, which is why I suppose it all comes
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  Speaker 2: down to a question of time and place for people
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  Speaker 2: to express their thoughts on these things. It's a tough
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  Speaker 2: one because I'm all for free speech, but I'm an adult.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not at these shows with my kids, and so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, And also, just quietly, I love Macklemore.
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  Speaker 1: Do you?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I do. I do.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't name a song.
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  Speaker 2: I can name a chant. I'll make you a mix.
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  Speaker 2: I can name a chant that he does, but not...
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  Speaker 2: I'll make you a mix tape.
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  Speaker 1: No, don't.
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  Speaker 2: Don't.
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  Speaker 1: I'm good.
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  Speaker 2: You know what else I love?
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  Speaker 1: What do you love?
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  Speaker 2: I love a good documentary. And in my humble opinion,
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  Speaker 2: the greatest documentary of all time is the 7 Up series.
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  Speaker 2: the longest-running documentary project in television history following the lives
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  Speaker 2: of 14 British children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, every seven
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  Speaker 2: years checking in with them since 1964. There's Nicholas.
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  Speaker 1: And Tony, Andrew and Bruce, John, Susie, Jackie and her friend.
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  Speaker 1: Give me a child until he is seven and I
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  Speaker 1: will give you the man.
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  Speaker 2: An old Jesuit saying, I believe, that one.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Doesn't that sound 1964? That's very 64. Very 64. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the very final instalment is now just around the corner.
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  Speaker 2: The two-part 70 Up will premiere on SBS on October 7,
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  Speaker 2: and we are being warned to brace ourselves for some
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  Speaker 2: pretty emotional moments. One of our favourites dies just days
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  Speaker 2: after filming their final interview. I'm not saying who. I
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  Speaker 2: already made the mistake of reading too much. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: 7 Up was made by director Michael Apted. He revisited
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  Speaker 2: the group every seven years, and it's been utterly fascinating.
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  Speaker 2: Michael died in 2021, though, at which point documentary maker
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  Speaker 2: Asif Kapadia came on board to produce this one final chapter.
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  Speaker 2: Don't call me that night on October 7. I won't
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  Speaker 2: be answering the phone. 70 Up. What a nice number
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  Speaker 2: to round it. That's the number to end it on.
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  Speaker 2: It makes sense. Some exciting concert news for us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Madness are coming back to Perth. They're all abroad for
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  Speaker 2: the Madness Hip Parade Tour. They'll be at the Frio
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  Speaker 2: Foreshore on Saturday, February 27. Tickets are at handsometours.com. Pre-sales
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  Speaker 2: next Wednesday and general tickets go on sale at 9am
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  Speaker 2: next Thursday. Who's the support?
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  Speaker 1: Not Macklemore, I hope.
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  Speaker 2: He's looking for a gig. And while we're on the
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  Speaker 2: subject of shows being lined up for Perth, another announcement
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Grammy award-winning producer. Oh, I'm going to have
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  Speaker 2: to explain this one to Russell as well. Grammy award-winning
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  Speaker 2: producer DJ Calvin Harris. Calvin Harris. Doesn't he make underwear? No,
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  Speaker 2: that's Calvin Klein.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, damn.
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  Speaker 2: Calvin Harris is touring Down Under for the very first
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  Speaker 2: time and he's kicking things off at Langley Park. The
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  Speaker 2: show is on February 18. It's a Thursday. Pre-sale for
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  Speaker 2: tickets start midday next Wednesday through Live Nation. This might
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  Speaker 2: surprise you. I've heard of him. Calvin Harris is awesome. Madness.
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  Speaker 2: Ice House. Radiohead, of course, and for those wondering, I
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  Speaker 2: got my tickets. There was this sigh of relief through
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  Speaker 2: the entire building yesterday when Lisa went, I got tickets!
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  Speaker 2: And everyone, oh, thank God for that. I was waiting
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  Speaker 2: in a queue that had 27,649 people ahead of me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It was fun.