# Macklemore Launches Free Palestine Tour

> Macklemore announces Free Palestine Tour to raise Gaza aid funds after being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour.
- Title: Macklemore Launches Free Palestine Tour · Billboard | Shortify
- Summary: Macklemore announces Free Palestine Tour to raise Gaza aid funds after being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour. Macklemore starts Free Palestine Tour in late…
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- Source: Billboard — https://billboard.com/music/music-news/macklemore-free-palestine-tour-ed-sheeran-tour-controversy-1236346293
- Author: Hannah Dailey
- Published: 2026-09-24T15:20:41+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: macklemore, ed sheeran, free palestine tour, gaza, palestinian liberation, billionaire class, artistic platform, humanitarian crisis
## Macklemore Announces Free Palestine Tour
Macklemore announced a Free Palestine Tour starting late October in Dublin, Paris, and London to raise funds for Gaza.

> Because of how quickly all of this has come together, a lot of the conversations, schedules and details are still being worked out
## Macklemore Drops From Ed Sheeran Tour
Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour after backlash over his Gaza advocacy demonstrations.

> the U.S. promoter for Sheeran’s Loop Tour removed Macklemore as one of the trek’s openers
## Macklemore's Motivation for Tour
Macklemore says collective awakening around Palestinian liberation and billionaire censorship efforts drive his tour.

> If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years
## Macklemore on Artist Platform
Macklemore states artists must use their platforms for activism, not just entertainment, during crises.

> Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore
## Ed Sheeran's Response
Ed Sheeran spoke about Gaza crisis on stage after Macklemore was dropped, calling it a humanitarian issue.

> What happened in Israel and at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain
## Financial Commitments
Macklemore donated $1 million from his Loop Tour earnings to Gaza aid, and both artists pledged $2 million each.

> Macklemore donated the $1 million he made from his Loop Tour contract to Palestinian aid
## Tour Ticket Details
Free Palestine Tour tickets go on presale Monday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. local time via Macklemore’s website.

> Tickets to the Free Palestine Tour will go on presale at 10 a.m. local time on Monday (Sept. 28) via registration on Macklemore’s website
## Key takeaway

Macklemore starts Free Palestine Tour in late October to fund Gaza aid following removal from Ed Sheeran's tour due to Palestinian advocacy.