# Macklemore Launches Free Palestine Tour

> Macklemore opens Free Palestine tour with Hozier, Kneecap, and Ed Sheeran's former band.
- Title: Macklemore Launches Free Palestine Tour · Stereogum | Shortify
- Summary: Macklemore opens Free Palestine tour with Hozier, Kneecap, and Ed Sheeran's former band. Macklemore started a Free Palestine benefit tour in Dublin with…
- Keywords: macklemore, hozier, kneecap, ed sheeran, beoga, free palestine, 3arena, dublin, music, culture, Launches, Free
- Source: Stereogum — https://stereogum.com/2515683/macklemore-kicks-off-free-palestine-tour-with-hozier-kneecap-ed-sheerans-backing-band/news
- Published: 2026-10-27T14:50:34+00:00
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- Topics: macklemore, hozier, kneecap, ed sheeran, beoga, free palestine, 3arena, dublin, music, culture
## Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour Begins
Macklemore kicked off his Free Palestine benefit tour Monday night in Dublin with surprise guests including Hozier, Kneecap, and Beoga.
## Ed Sheeran Drops Macklemore
Ed Sheeran dropped Macklemore as his US tour opener after pressure from Patriots owner Robert Kraft over Macklemore's stance against Israel's genocide of Palestinian people.
## Macklemore Donates $1 Million
Macklemore donated the $1 million he earned as Ed Sheeran's opener to Palestinian aid organizations and pledged all protests from his tour would support the same cause.
## Hozier Performs at 3Arena
Hozier performed at Dublin's 3Arena with a QR code linking to a petition for 55 Palestinian students awaiting Irish visa approvals for scholarship places.
## Kneecap's Pro-Palestine Message
Kneecap thanked Ed Sheeran for organizing the concert and emphasized Irish solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's genocide and occupation.
## Macklemore's Free Palestine Message
Macklemore stated that 'free Palestine' is so threatening to some that they would rather silence it than confront what it means, calling freedom that requires oppression not true freedom.
## Key takeaway

Macklemore started a Free Palestine benefit tour in Dublin with surprise guests including Hozier, Kneecap, and Beoga.