Macklemore Announces Free Palestine Tour: ‘Being Apolitical During a Genocide Doesn’t Work Anymore’

Macklemore is still hitting the road this despite being dropped from Ed Sheeran ‘s tour, announcing Thursday (Sept.

24) that he’s launching his own Free Palestine trek to raise funds for the countless people suffering in Gaza.

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For now, the billing simply reads, “Macklemore and Friends.” “Because of how quickly all of this has come together, a lot of the conversations, schedules and details are still being worked out,” he wrote in his caption.

“But this is a moment of momentum, and there is work to be done.” Macklemore also discussed why he felt motivated to put the tour together.

“If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years,” the hip-hop star shared.

“There has been a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now.” “It’s 2026,” he continued.

“Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore.

People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community.

To use the stage for more than entertainment.

To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it.” Though Macklemore didn’t name Sheeran in the post, it’s clear he was referencing the British pop star.

Earlier in the month, the U.S. promoter for Sheeran’s Loop Tour removed Macklemore as one of the trek’s openers following backlash to the rapper’s “Free Palestine” demonstrations on the MetLife Stadium stage in New Jersey, citing conversations with owners of other stadiums on the tour’s route, who allegedly threatened to cancel dates unless Macklemore was dropped.