Macklemore played three sold out days in Europe during the Free Palestine tour.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/78116081

By mid-September, we received available dates at these arenas through the end of the year. But once they found out these were my benefit shows for Palestine, those dates were suddenly off the table.

The doors were closed. The conversations were all different, but the result was the same. The shows were not going to be allowed to happen in these venues.

    • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 days ago

      Put up a bunch of stops in Canada with a ton of Canadian artists and I’ll show up. I’m still boycotting the US, but I’ll gladly make a minor exception for him and for Palestine if its otherwise a non-American lineup.

      • moonshadow@sh.itjust.works
        520·
        2 days ago

        I’d uh, watch it on the nationalism bud. Not working out real well here. You’ve got a lot more in common with most Americans than either of us do with our respective governments. Like… boycotting Kid Rock and Metallica etc makes sense, lumping this guy in there is counterproductive, preemptively purity testing his potential lineup is giving me flashbacks to Freedom Fries

        • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
          91·
          2 days ago

          I already said I’d make an exception for him and the Palestinian plight. None of that changes the fact that we are being directly threatened by a neighbour. Equating this with freedom fries tells me you’ve lost the plot.

          • moonshadow@sh.itjust.works
            311·
            2 days ago

            The strong “we” there is the nationalism I was warning against again. Macklemore, like most people, is an individual. I’m glad you’re able to judge him on his own merits. I can’t give exact numbers, but can guarantee most Americans have no interest in threatening you. That’s being done by maybe a few thousand people who are threatening the rest of us too. I’m old, remember “Freedom Fries” all too well, and just don’t like watching history repeat itself yet again. This was not meant as a judgment but a warning, and I sincerely hope you can avoid the same pitfalls that made “us” “your” enemy in the first place. Good luck up there.