Jack Antonoff says Ed Sheeran should have just canceled his tour after Macklemore was kicked off, rather than letting a billionaire dictate his choices on stage.

In a new interview with The Guardian , Antonoff stated that speaking out about Palestine is a basic human obligation, saying he “felt way more emboldened to say it now.”

“Because it's not in any way a strange, uncomfortable or controversial thing to say, it's a deeply human thing to say,” the Bleachers frontman told the British newspaper. “If you think it is [controversial] you're lost in some other sauce that is so crazy. They're going to let some fucking promoter tell me what I can say? Don't book me. I'll play for free outside.”

He continued, "[Ed Sheeran] missed a massive, beautiful opportunity there: just cancel the whole fucking tour, then play for free outside each venue, raise a bunch of money, rather than let a fucking billionaire tell you what to do.…