Macklemore doubles down after getting kicked off Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestine stance

A week after Macklemore repeatedly called to "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" while opening for Ed Sheeran, the rapper was dropped from the remaining U.S. dates he was scheduled to perform on the "Shape of You" singer's "Loop Tour." "As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S.

Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans," Messina Touring Group, the promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour, said in a statement to Rolling Stone .

"After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates." Macklemore was slated to appear at eight of the 10 shows left on the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s tour.

PINK HITS BACK AMID BACKLASH FOR CRITICIZING MACKLEMORE'S PRO-PALESTINIAN CONCERT REMARKS On Monday, Macklemore addressed the announcement and doubled down on his stance.

"I’m not sure how to start this.

So I’m going to speak from the heart and share the truth," he wrote in a lengthy Instagram statement.

" Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.

But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious.

In this moment I think it matters.

I am not a victim.

Ed Sheeran is not a victim.

Pink is not a victim.

We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world.

Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families." BILL MAHER RIPS MACKLEMORE'S GAZA STANCE, SAYS CELEBRITY 'MORAL CONFUSION' IS FUELING ANTISEMITISM "The victims are the Palestinian people.