Audition conditions:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be original music and/or music you own the rights to.
• Must not have any opinions about I/P

Holy fuck, what a shitshow. He had it coming, I guess.

I think the funniest outcome is the winner announcing the day before they are not going to perform in solidarity with Macklemore

This is absolutely hilarious, but it looks like this was announced before Ed “Both Sides” Sheeran advocated for Peace In Our Time.

In fairness, the contest launched on August 19th, a good bit before… you know, everything.

https://consequence.net/2026/09/guitar-center-contest-open-for-ed-sheeran/

I would love to see the winner get on stage and promote a free Palestine between every song just to spite the zionist billionaires and their capitulators.

This is not how I foresaw this going. I honestly thought he’d just cave with his tail tucked after he was literally the only one left.

You could open for Ed. At his a capella night.