Macklemore Calls for Unity During First ‘Free Palestine’ Show: ‘Those Two Words Are So Threatening to Some People’

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After bringing out Hozier and Kneecap as surprise guests, Macklemore took a moment to share what the evening meant to him in the wake of the controversy. “Six weeks ago, it was two words.

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Two words is all that it took. Two words that are rooted in love and liberation,” he said.

“Not against anybody, not divisive. Not a call for hatred.

But a call to recognize our shared humanity. I said free Palestine!

The same thing that I want for all of us, freedom, dignity, the right to exist without fear. Being able to raise our children in the homes that we grew up in, not having to prove our humanity to the rest of the world.

Related Stories Lisa Ling Signs With CAA Disney+ Strikes Landmark Content Deal With U.K.’s Channel 4 That Streamer Says Is Among Its ‘Most Significant’ Globally “And yet,” he continued, “those words, those two words, right, those two words are so threatening to some people. They would rather silence those two words than confront what they actually mean.

Because freedom that requires another person’s oppression is not freedom at all. I said freedom that requires another person’s oppression is not freedom at all.

And while the world debates those words, we see the videos, we see the footage, we see parents pulling their children out of the rubble. Devastation beyond our imagination.

And somehow, those words have become more controversial than the suffering that made them necessary. That’s why we are here tonight.

That is why we are here, because throughout history, music has given people a place to resist, to come together as a collective, to share our grief, to share our stories, to move from the heart, to mobilize people with the frequency of love. The heartbeat in our drum that makes us feel alive, that makes us feel connected.” The Dublin concert is the first of a three-show stint that will see the “Thrift Shop” rapper also perform in Paris and London alongside special guests, with all proceeds going to charities supporting Palestine.

Macklemore also donated his $1 million salary from Sheeran’s tour to the cause. 14, Macklemore was dropped from the remainder of Sheeran’s U.S.

“Loop” tour after he said “free Palestine” on stage and gave political speeches over two concerts at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sept. “A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: ‘Free Palestine.’ I said, ‘Free Palestine!’” Macklemore said at the Sept.

“I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them.” The speech went viral, sparking backlash from pop star Pink and a petition from the Israeli American Council calling for Macklemore to be removed from Sheeran’s tour. “This was an Ed Sheeran concert — not a political rally, not a protest and not an activist event,” they said.

“The issue is not whether Mackle

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