Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour Sells Out in Three Cities

All three European dates on Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour — Dublin, Paris and London — have "sold out immediately," the Seattle rapper announced on social media on Wednesday, less than a week after he revealed the run.

The tour opens in Dublin on Oct. 26, moves to Paris on Oct. 29 and closes in London on Oct. 30. U.S. dates will be announced in the future.

"I'm honestly blown away," Macklemore wrote. "We put these shows together fast and in community, believing that musicians can stand in solidarity with Palestine, use the stage to raise funds and show what collective action can look like. When those in power try to silence our calls for liberation, art will always be a form of resistance."

The rapper thanked fans in Dublin, Paris and London "for showing up the way you did." He added: "The response to these shows is another reminder of how many people across the world are standing together for a free Palestine. Lineups coming soon. Can't wait to be together."

The headlining dates follow Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour. Earlier this month, he addressed thousands of fans at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, telling the crowd: "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 continued: "I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them." The speech drew cheers, though others reportedly walked out during his performance.

In a statement later shared on Instagram, Macklemore claimed he was dropped from the tour after Robert Kraft — the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium — mounted a pressure campaign against Sheeran. Kraft, in his own statement, confirmed he decided to bar Macklemore from performing at Gillette, citing "recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran's shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community."

Sheeran continued his tour without support acts in Philadelphia earlier this month, after every opener dropped off the bill in support of Macklemore.

For the three-show run, Macklemore said he has reached out to "artists who have shown up and used their stages to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, regardless of the consequences." He continued: "Artists who understand that our platforms mean very little if we're only willing to use them when it's safe."

He has not named any support acts, saying he is still working out the details. All proceeds, he wrote, "will benefit organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement."

With lineups still unannounced and U.S. dates pending, the tour's sell-out speed signals that the controversy around his stadium dismissal has, at minimum, not dented demand for his own headline shows.