{"id":596532,"date":"2026-09-10T23:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/596532\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:18:55","slug":"macklemore-defends-free-palestine-call-after-ed-sheeran-tour-backlash-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/596532\/","title":{"rendered":"Macklemore defends &#039;Free Palestine&#039; call after Ed Sheeran tour backlash &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1qZThpTHVWS0llMDJqSjBaRWNwemxJOG5aaGRXQmhQSm9DRFJWdHYxS3BRM2xJcC1rc3VOM2QwdWFIM2w3bkZMS1lMVmFoRHBZVHlrMHEzYl85QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Macklemore defends &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217; call after Ed Sheeran tour backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNNG5uYk9xc2J3ekZnWmZDcERmb3lDd2o1SjdkdmtrMWptTy16bC1jcVF2RDBBdXM4MS1Bc1N6Q3o3c21NazFBNDVrekZtRWwycERPZ3dUREdibFp0LTVrMDhPanhVSGhLZlc5T1hfeUVyMWlmVENZT29RU3ZRN3IzU3JSU21aVWUtYU5iQTRRRGZiTGs4ZVlv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ed Sheeran\u2019s silence speaks volumes \u2014 as pro-Hamas Macklemore takes the flak<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPRFcyVXpNSl9DSk5JaWpIWTh6VzNobHFQVFhqUkprSUk5TV9WQXpGN1dWUWgwSEhZYzN2Zkkxd1RFVzM3Y1BKdnM2N0NnT0dQekFXelhYdUd1enZDTUJBUG0xWlpLcnhzTEU5bURGcGNPRXU3dktWWC1XWjh5SEphMi1WLWgtRy1PNkxtTDhWQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pink Calls Out Macklemore After Pro-Palestine Comments During Concert<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TMZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE5MYjZBZHFVT1VxTUlOLTVNTFhHZ0hPUnJTbkNubzN1Z3JubHVVVlgyNmFjX2NlQmUwWHVsbHVpZm5IeGcxUWtveG03QWJSXzdHQThQbXRfeVhMT2llMjRyUG1LcHBqcmlYa0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israeli-US org. calls for Ed Sheeran to remove Macklemore as opener after shouting &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jerusalem Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPYV9xRW12OWNoN3pCY1U4ZmxXOWw3SW0wdEk2X1hoQ3N6b19iOHk5c25JanJsUzVWTTFPOFhRTDZNT1hlNWtTZWJPbXdtSHFfaTEyeFhqSUZSR1RJQ09IMm1xMnVJNXoyVG9MRU5EWGdHQ0N5ZWN5N0ZyYlZhU0hTNkRZYkFsMFJKSnVrdlViQTZaZXM1QmxBOFdSUDluQ18zQ29qS3lUdG1oSzFqcHlSWUJMSVowQV84elptMzl4UmUya1pi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Macklemore faces call for removal from Ed Sheeran tour over pro-Palestine song<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;USA Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Macklemore defends &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217; call after Ed Sheeran tour backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCEd Sheeran\u2019s silence speaks volumes \u2014 as pro-Hamas Macklemore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-596532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}