Macklemore sets 'Free Palestine' tour after being dumped from Ed Sheeran shows

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• 01American rapper Macklemore, who was dropped as the opening act for Ed Sheeran over pro-Palestinian remarks, announced on Thursday he would headline his own "Free Palestine" concert tour that will start next month.
• 02The tour will begin in Dublin, Paris and London, Macklemore said in an Instagram post.
• 03The Grammy-winning rapper had been due to perform at eight additional Sheeran shows when he was removed last month from the tour following remarks at a show in New Jersey.
• 04"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,'" he said on stage.
• 05He apologized for his handling of the situation at a performance in Philadelphia and decried Israel's treatment of residents in Gaza as "unjustifiable.".
• 06Macklemore sets 'Free Palestine' tour after being dumped from Ed Sheeran shows.
• 07To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it.".