Macklemore will open a headlining "Free Palestine" tour at Dublin's 3Arena on Oct. 26, with dates at Paris's Ancor Arena on Oct. 29 and London's OVO Arena Wembley on Oct. 30. U.S. dates will follow, the rapper announced Thursday on Instagram.

The announcement comes weeks after the promoter for Ed Sheeran's stadium tour removed Macklemore from the bill. In a statement at the time, Macklemore said Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, had told Sheeran that he did not want Macklemore speaking out against Israel at the show.

Macklemore framed the new tour as a response to that removal. "What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage," he wrote. "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."

He said his schedule had "freed up a bit," a pointed reference to losing the Sheeran support slots.

"If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it's that something has shifted over the last three years," Macklemore wrote. "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," he continued. "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."

The rapper said he has spent the past week contacting potential support acts. "I've spent the last week reaching out to artists who have shown up and used their stages to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, regardless of the consequences," he wrote. "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 of those artists, saying he is still working out the details. "All proceeds will benefit organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement," he wrote.

The dispute has already reshaped Sheeran's own tour. Every opener dropped off the bill in solidarity with Macklemore, and Sheeran played Philadelphia on Saturday without support acts.

"I don't want to disappoint fans, and I've never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet," Sheeran told the Philadelphia crowd. "My concerts have always been a safe space for everyone, and that matters hugely to me. Honoring my commitment to my fans is also completely essential to who I am, and that is why I'm here tonight on my own and continuing my current tour."

The episode leaves Macklemore with his own stages and a stated commitment to donate all tour proceeds, while Sheeran continues his stadium run alone — with U.S. dates for the "Free Palestine" tour still to be announced.