Macklemore says nine U.S. arenas turned down his Free Palestine benefit tour. In an Instagram post, he said venues had initially offered available dates, but those dates were taken off the table once they learned the shows would raise funds for Palestine.
The venues he named are Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center and UBS Arena in New York; Prudential Center in New Jersey; Intuit Dome, Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles; Chase Center in San Francisco; and Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
After Rolling Stone published its article, an MSG Entertainment spokesperson told the magazine that the company operates some of the world’s busiest venues, with extremely limited availability, and that Macklemore is not an arena-level act. Representatives for the other venues did not immediately respond to the magazine’s request for comment.
