Pays a heavy price: 9 venues in the US refused to host the antisemitic rapper

Rapper Macklemore claims that nine major American venues, including Madison Square Garden, refused to host his 'Free Palestine' tour after learning it was a fundraising event. Madison Square Garden responded that Macklemore is not an arena-level artist.

Rapper Macklemore, referred to in the article as 'antisemitic', claims that nine major American venues refused to host his 'Free Palestine' tour. In an Instagram post, he wrote that the venues, including Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, Prudential Center, and Crypto.com Arena, rejected him after learning the shows were fundraisers for Palestine. Madison Square Garden responded that Macklemore 'is not an artist of the caliber suitable for an arena performance'. The other eight venues have not yet responded. The tour included shows in Dublin, Paris, and London, and at the London show Macklemore appeared on stage wearing a shirt with the text 'Free Marwan', calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti, a senior Fatah official imprisoned in Israel. Barghouti's son, Arab Barghouti, spoke to the audience.