Rapper Macklemore is a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza residents. During a recent concert at MetLife Stadium, he yelled “Free Palestine!” onstage, projected images of devastation in the area, and performed protest song “Hind’s Hall.”
Now, it seems that American venues are not willing to play ball with the Seattle artist, and he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour.
“After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates,” according to Messina Touring Group, the promoter of Loop Tour. This news follows backlash from organizations like StopAntisemitism and others, such as pop star Pink.
Sounds like we’re due for a
KNEECAP- BOB VYLAN - MACKLEMORE tourEdit:
There’s like what two good white rappers now?
Even Jonny 5 of flobots did a both sides thing with Israel when he called Oct 7 a horrifying slaughter of civilians.
He’s been suspiciously silent on the issue since but I would love to be corrected, he’s usually good on political stuff.
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Do you have a source for that? I can’t find anything about it other than a 3 year old reddit comment.
My partner saw something about it on IG last week. I’ll ask if they can find it again, if i remember, about to head to work
Kneecap - Anti-Flag - (any pop punk band) tour
Throw a death core band on as the opener