Macklemore Announces Free Palestine Tour After Being Dropped From Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour in Dublin, Paris, and London after being removed from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour over pro-Palestine comments, sparking backlash. Macklemore has announced a string of Free Palestine concerts after being dropped as a support act from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour, a move that sparked a huge backlash and led to other opening acts leaving in solidarity. The rapper revealed the shows in an Instagram post, stating his schedule had freed up following his removal from the tour over pro-Palestine comments he made at Sheeran's New Jersey shows earlier this month. The Free Palestine tour will begin on October 26 in Dublin, with additional dates in Paris and London, and proceeds will benefit organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement. Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour DetailsIn his Instagram post, Macklemore said that his schedule had freed up a bit after being axed from the Loop tour. He announced concerts in Dublin, Paris, and London, starting on October 26, with all proceeds going to organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement. He also mentioned that artist announcements and US dates would be coming soon.Macklemore wrote that if the last couple of weeks have shown anything, it is that something has shifted over the last three years. He spoke of a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what people expect from artists right now.He added that it is 2026 and being apolitical during a genocide does not work anymore. People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves, and be in community, to use the stage for more than entertainment, and to push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it.Macklemore further stated that what happened to him is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.He said he spent the last week reaching out to artists who have shown up and used their stages to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, regardless of the consequences. He noted that because of how quickly all of this has come together, a lot of conversations, schedules, and details are still being worked out, but it is a moment of momentum and there is work to be done.Presale for the Free Palestine tour starts next Monday at 10am local time, with general on-sale next Wednesday at 10am local time. Fans can sign up for updates and first access to tickets at macklemore.com.Ed Sheeran's Tour Controversy and BacklashEd Sheeran addressed the backlash over Macklemore being axed from the concert during his Philadelphia show over the weekend, telling 50,000 fans that the last week of his life had been one of the worst weeks of his life. He added that he was heartened by the fans who had come out to support him, and said that today had been one of the weirdest days of his life, but tonight had been honestly the best show of his life.Sheeran said he really did not know whether the tour would be carrying on, whether he would even be getting on stage again, or whether he even wanted to be an artist at all. He said that in these situations, you really find out who your friends are, and it has been a weird week.The singer has been accused of bowing to the mob after he apologized to fans at the start of the gig by reading a statement from an autocue. He backtracked on his previous vow not to bring politics to his show, as he called the situation in Gaza catastrophic and unjustifiable and Hamas's October 7 attacks horrific.Reposting Sheeran's speech on X, Piers Morgan commented that he agreed with Ed Sheeran's overview of the Israel/Hamas war, calling October 7 terrible and Israel's response disproportionate, but wished he had not bowed to the mob and felt forced to say it publicly, especially reading it off an autocue like some bullied puppet. Morgan added that Sheeran needs better advisors.Many agreed with Morgan, with one supporter posting that his PR people need to be fired and that there was no reason for him to have to speak to that outside of a very small mob of loudmouths. Another poster said that the dude simply wants to play and perform and has done so for years, calling him a bigger idiot than he was last week and a disgrace to bow to the mob.Another X poster said that Sheeran's use of a teleprompter is not proof he does not care, noting that Ed is a singer, not a politician, not a news anchor, and does not spend his life rehearsing talking points on the most loaded conflict on the planet.The controversy began when Macklemore was dropped as a support act from Ed's Loop tour over pro-Palestine comments he made at the singer's New Jersey shows earlier this month. After Macklemore was dropped from performing at upcoming dates, all of Sheeran's opening acts – Finneas, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe, as well as his backing band Beoga – announced they would be leaving the tour in solidarity with the rapper and Palestine.