Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour after being dropped from Sheeran tour
Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore announced a Free Palestine Tour with planned dates in Dublin, Paris and London in late October and said U.S. shows are being organised, after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran's United States tour. He pledged that all tour proceeds will be donated to causes supporting the Palestinian people and said artists are being asked to be political during the Gaza war. Macklemore alleged venue owner Robert Kraft pressured stadiums and that Sheeran's team removed him, while neither Kraft nor Sheeran have publicly responded to those allegations.
Macklemore will donate all tour proceeds to Palestinian causes.
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Macklemore spoke in support of Palestine at a stadium show on September 4. He was then removed from Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour and barred from a Gillette Stadium date. He now announced international shows and said U.S. dates are being…
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