Macklemore Launches Free Palestine Tour; U.S. Dates To Be Announced

Macklemore is taking his show on the road without any help from Ed Sheeran: The rapper, who was dumped from the opening act slot on Sheeran’s tour after making a pro-Palestine speech from a New Jersey stage earlier this month, has announced the Free Palestine Tour with proceeds going toward charities “supporting the Palestinian people and movement.”

“If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years,” Macklemore wrote on an Instagram post announcing the tour. “There has been a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now.

“It’s 2026,” he continued. “Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore. People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community. To use the stage for more than entertainment. To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it.”

The “apolitical” jab is most likely directed at Sheeran, who was viewed by many as attempting a neutral political stance after getting pressured from promotors including billionaire Robert Kraft to drop Macklemore from the tour.

So far Macklemore has announced three stops on the Free Palestine tour – Dublin, Paris and London – with US dates (and additional artists) to be announced soon.

Read Macklemore’s entire statement below.

“What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage,” he writes. “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.”

Explaining that he’s spent the last week reaching out to like-minded artists “who understand that our platforms mean very little if we’re only willing to use them when it’s safe,” Macklemore said “schedules and details” are still be worked out.

The tour dates announced so far are October 25 at 3Arena in Dublin; October 29 at Accor Arena in Paris; and October 30 at OVO Arena Wembley in London.