What should Ed Sheeran do next after US tour erupts in controversy?

Is Ed Sheeran’s career in tatters over the Macklemore controversy? (Picture: Getty)

Ed Sheeran is undeniably facing the biggest crisis of his career to date. 

Long considered pop’s golden boy, Sheeran, 35, has enjoyed a pretty blemish-free career for more than a decade, but a contentious political scandal has left a stain on his reputation. For how long it remains, though, is the burning question. 

It all kicked off with the September 4 and 5 shows on Sheeran’s Loop Tour in New Jersey, when opening act Macklemore performed his song Hind’s Hall in support o...