Macklemore launches Free Palestine tour after removal from Ed Sheerans U.S. dates over pro-Palestine remarks

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Macklemore launches Free Palestine tour after removal from Ed Sheerans U.S. dates over pro-Palestine remarks
Ed Sheeran apologizes for dropping Macklemore, condemns Gaza crisis at Philadelphia concert
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Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore announced on Thursday a new “Free Palestine” tour after being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour for pro-Palestine remarks. The tour will begin next month with confirmed dates in Dublin’s 3Arena on Oct. 26, Paris’s Accor Arena on Oct. 29, and London’s Wembley Arena on Oct. 30, with U.S. shows and guest artists to be announced later.
All proceeds will go to organizations supporting Palestinians, Macklemore said in an Instagram post. He stated that “being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore” and that artists must “use the stage for more than entertainment” and resist attempts to silence calls for Palestinian liberation.
Macklemore was removed from Sheeran’s tour last month after chanting “Free Palestine” at concerts in New Jersey and wearing a keffiyeh. Sheeran said the decision came from tour organizers, not him, and acknowledged “mistakes” in handling the situation during a Philadelphia concert. Stadium owners, including billionaire Robert Kraft, reportedly pressured Sheeran to exclude Macklemore, according to the rapper’s social media statement.
Macklemore added that his removal was “bigger than one artist or one stage” and that the “billionaire class” should not dictate which voices are allowed on stage. Ticket presales begin Monday at 10:00, with general sales opening Wednesday at 10:00 via macklemore.com.
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