Bob Schwartz

Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
Macklemore has announced a “Free Palestine” tour, a series of live shows that will feature the US rapper performing alongside musicians and friends to raise funds for humanitarian causes in Palestine.
—Guardian, 24 Sep 2026

If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years. There has been a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now.

It’s 2026. Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore. People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community. To use the stage for more than entertainment. To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it.

What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.

Because of how quickly all of this has come together, a lot of the conversations, schedules and details are still being worked out. But this is a moment of momentum, and there is work to be done.

–Macklemore announcing the Free Palestine Tour

Macklemore’s tour will begin in Dublin on 26 October. Further dates in Paris (29 October) and London (30 October) have been announced, with North American dates to follow. Fans hoping to get tickets are encouraged to sign up for presale access at macklemore.com.