Macklemore called for Free Palestine at second MetLife Stadium show after NFL owners were allegedly assured he wouldnt: report

Macklemore chanted “Free Palestine” after NFL owners hosting Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour were allegedly assured that the rapper wouldn’t mention it when he took the stage for his second show at MetLife Stadium.Concert promoters for Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” told several team owners that the “Thrift Store” artist wouldn’t continue using his set for his anti-Israel rants following his outburst in New Jersey on Sept.4, the Wall Street Journal reported.The team owners, who had booked Sheeran for a night of entertainment at their own stadiums, warned the promoters that the tour would be barred from its scheduled dates if Macklemore didn’t clean up his act, as they didn’t want to host a political rally with hate speech, according to the outletSome of the owners named were New England Patriots’ Robert Kraft, Carolina Panthers’ David Tepper, the Atlanta Falcons’ Arthur Blank, and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.In his first show at MetLife on Sept.

4, Macklemore, clad in a black-and-white keffiyeh, called for “free Palestine” as he focused on the war and for “every single human being” to have freedom.“To know safety and peace before they know the sound of violence.To know the sound of laughter on a playground before planes and bombs.

For parents to be able to say bye to their parents in the morning and not have to wonder if this is going to be the last time that they kiss their child goodbye,” he said.So I say Free Palestine.

I say Free Lebanon, I say Free Cuba, I say Free Congo, Free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear over this terrorist organization ICE.None of us will be free until we are all free.”When he took the stage the next night, the rapper victimized the woke Ivy League students who had besieged their Manhattan campus for two weeks in the Spring of 2024.“Free Palestine.

I want those words to be clear so that people from Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them.This next ...