While Ed Sheeran was forced to cancel his concerts due to extreme weather, Macklemore quickly sold out his Free Palestine tour.
On Wednesday, the four-time Grammy Award winner revealed that all three shows on his tour in support of the Palestinians “were immediately sold out” after announcing the tour last week.
“Honestly, I’m blown away. We put these shows together quickly and as a community, believing that musicians can stand in solidarity with Palestine, use the stage to raise money, and show what collective action can look like,” he wrote on Instagram. “When those in power try to silence our calls for liberation, art will always be a form of resistance.”
Macklemore continued: “Dublin, Paris and London, thank you for coming as you did. The response to these shows is another reminder of how many people around the world are uniting for a free Palestine. The lines are coming soon. I can’t wait to be together.”
Last week, Macklemore announced the Free Palestine Tour, which “supports the Palestinian people and movement,” which will take place October 26-30 in Dublin, Paris and London.
Sheeran dropped Macklemore from his tour earlier this month, amid an outcry over onstage remarks from the tour opener, “Free Palestine.” Choosing to remain publicly neutral on the matter, Sheeran later released a statement saying it was the “promoter’s decision” after Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft brought together several of the tour’s venues to give him an ultimatum.
Following this statement, fellow tour openers Finneas, Aaron Rowe and Lukas Graham dropped out of the tour, along with Sheeran’s backing band Beoga.
Meanwhile, protesters gathered outside the Philly stop of Sheeran’s Loop Tour to call him out for dropping Macklemore as he apologized on stage.
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