Macklemore

Zach Bryan performs at Gillette Stadium wearing a “Free Palestine” top.

October 5, 2026, 11:01 am

Country star Zach Bryan dons ‘Free Palestine’ shirt at Gillette Stadium

Owner Robert Kraft had previously blocked rapper Macklemore from performing there after pro-Palestinian comments he’d made

By Derek Caney

September 25, 2026, 10:37 am

JLC raises concerns over Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ Wembley concert

Jewish leadership body asks Live Nation how it will ensure Jewish audiences and staff "feel safe and welcome"

By JN Reporter

September 20, 2026, 10:55 am

Ed Sheeran: ‘What happened at Nova festival was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain’

Musician says he made “mistakes” and condemns “catastrophic” situation in Gaza as he opened his first US concert since controversy erupted over Macklemore’s removal from his tour

By Jewish News Reporter

LBC presenter Ian Payne during a broadcast. Photo Credit: LBC

September 18, 2026, 12:19 pm

LBC presenter says ‘Jewish lobby’ is ‘incredibly strong’ amid Macklemore row

Ian Payne claimed Jews ‘know all the buttons to press’ as antisemitism campaigners announced plans to complain to Ofcom

By Annabel Sinclair

Macklemore at New Jersey concernt. Pic: Twitter/X

September 18, 2026, 11:36 am

Macklemore could have been honest about his intentions up front. He chose not to be

Audiences were not told prior to purchasing tickets that they would not just be going to a concert, but a political rally

By Clive Lewis

Avi Issacharoff was in conversation with Brigit Grant. Photo: Shai Dolev

September 18, 2026, 11:28 am

The power of proud Jews both speaking out and listening

When we must use our voice, when others try to silence it, what can happen when we use it to tell our own stories and ultimately, when the most important thing we can do is listen.

By Leo Pearlman

A Ms Rachel YouTube video with Sesame Street character Elmo (YouTube)

September 18, 2026, 10:11 am

Macklemore hails Ms Rachel for matching 1m dollar donation to Palestinian causes

Ms Rachel pledges to match rapper’s $1m donation after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour over Gaza comments

By JN Reporter

Pink has said defending Jewish people has been “lonelier” than she expected after criticising Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian concert set. Photo Credit: Wikipedia

September 17, 2026, 4:11 pm

Pink says defending Jews has been ‘lonelier’ than she expected

Jewish pop star says families were left frightened by Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian concert set but insists she does not want him silenced

By Annabel Sinclair

3DAWCE2 (ARCHIVE photo) Singer Ed Sheeran during his concert at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on May 30, 2025, in Madrid (Spain).

September 17, 2026, 10:27 am

Irish radio station drops Ed Sheeran music after Macklemore row

Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's tour after the rapper made a series of comments during performances about Palestinians and Gaza

By JN Reporter

September 16, 2026, 5:46 pm

Macklemore is a strange choice to elevate as a martyr for social justice

And anti-Israel zealots describing Ed Sheeran as 'pro-genocide' because he wasn't thrilled about politics being inserted into his tour is a new level of lunacy

By Rosa Doherty

September 16, 2026, 10:05 am

All of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour supporting acts quit after Macklemore dropped

Irish singer Aaron Rowe, US musician Finneas, Danish singer Lukas Graham and Sheeran’s tour band Beoga withdrawn from the tour

By JN Reporter

September 14, 2026, 4:27 pm

Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after venues object to ‘Free Palestine’ speeches

Rapper had been due to support British star at eight more US shows before venues reportedly objected to his appearance

By Annabel Sinclair

Macklemore dressed with a fake beard and large prosthetic nose at a Seattle show in 2014 – for which he was widely condemned at the time

September 12, 2026, 3:51 pm

Pink shares statement after post criticising Macklemore’s free Palestine speech

Ed Sheeran has not addressed the calls for his tour opener to be dropped

By Jewish News Reporter

September 7, 2026, 10:42 am

Israel-American Council urges Ed Sheeran to toss Macklemore from tour after criticising Israel onstage

The rapper chanted “Free Palestine” and invoked the terms “apartheid” and “genocide” during his opening sets at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey over the weekend

By Derek Caney JTA and Michelle Rosenberg

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