Variety
Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran on Friday night in New Jersey, and during his set the rapper sang out “Free Palestine” before launching into a speech, telling the audience he wanted people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank to know they had not been forgotten. His politically-themed set sparked a petition from the Israeli American Council, which demanded the rapper be removed from the remaining dates on the Loop tour. https://variety.com/2026/music/news/macklemore-free-palestine-onstage-petition-ed-sheeran-1236853409/