Macklemore is turning his removal from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour into a new run of his own, announcing a three-city “Free Palestine Tour” in Europe with additional artists and U.S. dates still to come.

The rapper announced the benefit tour Thursday, with concerts scheduled for Oct. 26 at 3Arena in Dublin, Oct. 29 at Accor Arena in Paris and Oct. 30 at OVO Arena Wembley in London. Ticketmaster is billing the shows as “Macklemore & Friends,” though participating artists have not yet been announced.

Macklemore said all proceeds from the concerts will benefit organizations “supporting the Palestinian people and movement.”

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Due to the layout of this headline on my phone screen, my first thought was, "Macklemore is gonna do free concerts in Palestine? Like, Gaza? Sounds dangerous."

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Israel would snipe him out 100%. No question. He's not even US I think he's canadian, not that the israelis give a fuck about killing americans. But they would care even less about canada, every authoritarian government loves to pick on canada anyway. Because the US hasn't been backing them up so much since 2016.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Snipe? They'd blow up the whole fucking concert.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

According to wikipedia, apparently he's American, born in Seattle, Washington.