Rapper Macklemore Claims Nine US Arenas Blocked Free Palestine Tour
He says venues from Madison Square Garden to Crypto.com arena refused to host his fundraiser, citing intimidation and suppression.
Macklemore, a rapper, says nine major US arenas—including Madison Square Garden, Crypto.com arena and Barclays Center—refused to host his Free Palestine fundraising tour.
In an Instagram post on Nov. 6, he called out "intimidation, manipulation and suppression" tactics, and Variety reports he is accusing Madison Square Garden and eight other arenas of banning the tour.
He recently performed in Dublin, Paris and London at the end of October, and The Guardian notes his claim that the U.S. refusals came after the Ed Sheeran controversy.
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Macklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour
Rapper called out ‘intimidation, manipulation and suppression’ in a social media post, claiming major arenas refused to host him after the Ed Sheeran controversy Macklemore says that nine major US arenas have refused to host his Free Palestine fundraising tour, calling out “intimidation, manipulation and suppression” tactics. In an Instagram post, the rapper says that he hoped to bring the tour to the US, but nine major arenas refused to host the event, including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’s Crypto.com arena and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Continue reading...
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Macklemore Accuses Madison Square Garden and Eight Other Arenas of Banning His ‘Free Palestine’ Tour
Macklemore is accusing some of America’s most iconic arenas of shutting his “Free Palestine” tour out. The rapper, who recently had dates in Dublin, Paris and London at the end of Oct., took to Instagram on Nov. 6 to say that he has been turned down by American venues, including New York City’s Madison Square […]
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Macklemore is a rapper.
- Macklemore says nine major US arenas refused to host his Free Palestine fundraising tour.
- Macklemore called out "intimidation, manipulation and suppression" tactics in a social media post.
- Macklemore posted on Instagram on Nov. 6.
- The arenas named as refusing to host the tour include New York City's Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles's Crypto.com arena and Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
- Macklemore recently had tour dates in Dublin, Paris and London at the end of October.
- Variety describes Macklemore as accusing Madison Square Garden and eight other arenas of banning his "Free Palestine" tour.
- The Guardian says Macklemore claimed major arenas refused to host him after the Ed Sheeran controversy.
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