Macklemore Says Nine US Arenas Refused to Host His Free Palestine Tour
The rapper claims venues including Madison Square Garden and Crypto.com Arena declined his benefit shows after learning of the cause.
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First reported by Stereogum, 8 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
8 publishers have covered this in 8 articles since 6 Nov 2026. Stereogum published first, on 6 November at 17:50 UTC; Consequence followed 8 min later. The most recent article, from The Guardian, appeared on 6 November at 19:46 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Guardian (major outlet), Stereogum, Consequence, Pitchfork, Billboard, Rolling Stone.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- StereogumMacklemore Says US Arenas Won’t Host His Free Palestine Tour
- ConsequenceMacklemore Says Major Arenas Refusing to Host His “Free Palestine” Tour in US
- PitchforkMacklemore Accuses U.S. Arenas of Turning Down Free Palestine Tour
- BillboardMacklemore Calls Out MSG, Kia Forum & More U.S. Arenas for Allegedly Refusing to Host His Free Palestine Tour
- The Hollywood ReporterMacklemore Says Madison Square Garden, Kia Forum Among Arenas That Declined to Host His Free Palestine Tour
- Rolling StoneMacklemore Says Nine U.S. Venues Turned Down ‘Free Palestine’ Tour: ‘They Got Me F-cked Up’
- VarietyMacklemore Accuses Madison Square Garden and Eight Other Arenas of Banning His ‘Free Palestine’ Tour
- The GuardianMacklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Macklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour The Guardian ·
- Macklemore Accuses Madison Square Garden and Eight Other Arenas of Banning His ‘Free Palestine’ Tour Variety ·
- Macklemore Says Madison Square Garden, Kia Forum Among Arenas That Declined to Host His Free Palestine Tour The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Macklemore Says Nine U.S. Venues Turned Down ‘Free Palestine’ Tour: ‘They Got Me F-cked Up’ Rolling Stone
- Macklemore Calls Out MSG, Kia Forum & More U.S. Arenas for Allegedly Refusing to Host His Free Palestine Tour Billboard
- Macklemore Accuses U.S. Arenas of Turning Down Free Palestine Tour Pitchfork
- Macklemore Says Major Arenas Refusing to Host His “Free Palestine” Tour in US Consequence
- Macklemore Says US Arenas Won’t Host His Free Palestine Tour Stereogum
In this story
- Macklemore
- Madison Square Garden
- Crypto.com Arena
- Barclays Center
- Kia Forum