Stadium owner Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash
Kraft said Sheeran asked him to match the donation after Macklemore’s exit, and both men are now pledging $2 million for humanitarian relief.
- Following his pro-Palestinian remarks at MetLife Stadium on September 4, rapper Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour after venue owners refused to host him, according to tour promoter Messina Touring Group.
- During his September 4 performance at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, Macklemore chanted 'Free Palestine' and displayed images from the Gaza conflict, sparking backlash from pro-Israel groups and stadium owners.
- On Wednesday, Macklemore pledged his entire $1 million in net tour earnings to six Palestinian aid organizations, publicly challenging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match the donation for humanitarian relief.
- Responding to the challenge, Robert Kraft confirmed he would provide $2 million for humanitarian aid, stating Ed Sheeran had requested this commitment before Macklemore's public appeal.
- All remaining supporting acts, including Finneas and Lukas Graham, withdrew from the tour in solidarity, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized venue owners for allegedly censoring political speech.
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Macklemore has announced that he will donate the million dollars he won as a teller in Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour to organizations that provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, which has sparked a public reaction from Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. On Monday, the [...] The post Macklemore donates a million dollars to aid organizations for the Palestinians first appeared on EL SOL News.
Rapper Macklemore urged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to join the humanitarian aid donation to Palestine.
After the crisis in which the tellers of his tour got off (one of them referred in a show to the situation in Palestine and was left out of the tour), the singer asked his businessman to make a donation.Many wonder why Sheeran didn't make it himself.
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