Macklemore speaks out after being dropped from Ed Sheeran tour over ‘Free Palestine’ comments: “I’m sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world…at a certain level of exposure, ‘Free Palestine’ becomes too much of a risk”

Macklemore has spoken out today (September 14) after being dropped from the upcoming Ed Sheeran tour over his recent “Free Palestine” comments. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Play’ review: a hasty retreat to the genre-spanning of old It comes after the musician recently responded to critics of his onstage pleas for a “Free Palestine”, saying striving for equality “should never be controversial”. After making an impassioned speech calling for “all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality” while opening for Sheeran across recent dates in New Jersey, the rapper faced calls for his removal from the tour by the Israeli-American Council, who claimed he had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda”. Speaking from the stage at MetLife Stadium recently, Macklemore told the crowd that he wanted those in Gaza and the West Bank to know “they have not been forgotten”, adding: “I believe that every human being walking on this earth deserves exactly the same freedom.” “I say Free Palestine, free Cuba, Congo, Sudan and Iran and all the people of America who live in fear because of this terrorist organisation ICE,” he continued, before launching into pro-Palestine ...