{"id":359525,"date":"2026-09-07T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/macklemore-faces-calls-to-be-dropped-from-ed-sheeran-tour-over-pro-palestine-set"},"modified":"2026-09-07T00:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:05:29","slug":"macklemore-faces-calls-to-be-dropped-from-ed-sheeran-tour-over-pro-palestine-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/macklemore-faces-calls-to-be-dropped-from-ed-sheeran-tour-over-pro-palestine-set","title":{"rendered":"Macklemore Faces Calls to Be Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour Over Professional-Palestine Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Macklemore<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Facing Calls to Boot Him From Ed Sheeran Tour<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-06T17:15:31-07:00\"><br \/>\n               September 6, 2026<br \/>\n              5:15 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-aeacde23d71f9731a630bbf85e7ec638\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260906_f1af49822b6d4b7fa1a1e85f6b70656a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7be4d22d-06cb-44b2-b668-ba6cdc4fb88c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ed Sheeran\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f1\/4by3\/2026\/09\/06\/f1af49822b6d4b7fa1a1e85f6b70656a_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Macklemore--getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aeacde23d71f9731a630bbf85e7ec638--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-141847e6dd70ea8da3159c335c426d2e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/macklemore\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Macklemore<\/strong><\/a> is catching serious heat for turning his opening set on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ed-sheeran\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s tour into a political statement &#8230; and now an Israeli-American group wants him booted from the remaining shows.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-141847e6dd70ea8da3159c335c426d2e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbf116b5201560453cc8d225f850ab66\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The &#8220;Thrift Shop&#8221; rapper opened for Ed Friday and Saturday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he used part of his set to voice support for Palestinians and rip Israel&#8217;s conduct in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbf116b5201560453cc8d225f850ab66--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8756148145951e7cfe2ab92ddc79f11c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-8756148145951e7cfe2ab92ddc79f11c-1438455731-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8756148145951e7cfe2ab92ddc79f11c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-629350edbdca9024b536d877757f8950\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Macklemore repeatedly shouted &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; and performed his 2024 protest track &#8220;Hind&#8217;s Hall&#8221; as images tied to Gaza and pro-Palestinian demonstrations flashed behind him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-629350edbdca9024b536d877757f8950--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-023f0a6619d0111fc6dc48805a5678bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>That didn&#8217;t sit well with the Israeli-American Council, which has launched a petition calling on Sheeran and tour organizers to dump Macklemore from the rest of the &#8220;Loop&#8221; tour &#8230; arguing fans paid for a concert, not a political rally.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-023f0a6619d0111fc6dc48805a5678bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30dbfeb2e36bfff8140e4ef5797e956b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The petition does not publicly show how many signatures it has collected.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30dbfeb2e36bfff8140e4ef5797e956b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b34eb3447e3110344281f4730877d48d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260906_e6c331fb787a49b99c784dcd7efec84a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7be4d22d-06cb-44b2-b668-ba6cdc4fb88c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e6\/4by3\/2026\/09\/06\/e6c331fb787a49b99c784dcd7efec84a_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Macklemore--getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b34eb3447e3110344281f4730877d48d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e44f540bd746804d481fa420bd81cca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The reaction online has been predictably fiery &#8230; with some concertgoers saying they walked out and accusing Macklemore of pushing antisemitic rhetoric, while others defended his decision to use the stage to speak about the war.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e44f540bd746804d481fa420bd81cca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2ddb3cd2eb67d253ea6005be08924e56\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As TMZ has previously reported &#8230; Macklemore has been outspoken on the Israel-Palestine conflict for years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2ddb3cd2eb67d253ea6005be08924e56--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4571a991f8f058a30e2005a1a67a1766\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4571a991f8f058a30e2005a1a67a1766--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e957e3737c228605008b7fa3c55ed3c5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Back in 2024,\u00a0singer-songwriter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/matisyahu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Matisyahu<\/strong><\/a> ripped &#8220;Hind&#8217;s Hall&#8221; as antisemitic &#8230; telling TMZ he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/11\/matisyahu-macklemore-hinds-hall-antisemitic-not-free-palestine-israel-hamas\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>believed<\/strong><\/a> the song was only making an already ugly divide worse.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e957e3737c228605008b7fa3c55ed3c5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ebb3b5dc12ad9e8dc8349edb6285007e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Macklemore also sparked outrage that same year when he chanted &#8220;f*** America&#8221; during a pro-Palestinian festival in Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ebb3b5dc12ad9e8dc8349edb6285007e--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/06\/macklemore-ed-sheeran-tour-backlash-petition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macklemore Facing Calls to Boot Him From Ed Sheeran Tour Published September 6, 2026 5:15 PM PDT Macklemore is catching serious heat for turning his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3051,12582,4746,35337,35338,4356,5748,227,26075,237,249],"class_list":["post-359525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ed-sheeran","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-macklemore","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-musicians","tag-new-jersey","tag-online-services-nec","tag-palestinian-territories","tag-rapper","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359527,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359525\/revisions\/359527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}