A promoter says that venues on future U.S. tour dates will not allow a show to go on with Macklemore on the bill.

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.

  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
    212·
    8 hours ago

    such as pop star Pink.

    Is Pink some kind of authority on oppressed peoples of the world?!

    • urthoughtsrbad@lemmy.zip
      51·
      3 hours ago

      Actually yes. She gets a first hand view of oppressed peoples faces when she sings her cringe fake punk shit at them.

    • axx@slrpnk.net
      31·
      4 hours ago

      Have you read the article? Not what it says or she implies.

      • im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Of course I don’t speak for Israel, or for any government. I never have. What I said in October 2023 is still exactly what I believe: Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations. Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child. Anybody’s child. I’ve spent a decade as a UNICEF ambassador for kids who didn’t choose the country or the war they were born into, and I have grieved every one of them, on both sides of that fence. I didn’t do it from behind a screen; I went to those children and held them. I’m not going to litigate a complex war in an Instagram caption, and I’m not going to recite anybody’s slogan to earn back a follower.

        She certainly sounds like someone who thinks they’re an authority on oppression.