Репперийн хэлснээр, Палестиныг дэмжих тоглолтуудаа зохион байгуулахаар ярьсан АНУ-ын есөн том арен түүнийг хүлээн авахаас татгалзжээ.
43 настай Маклмор буюу Бенжамин Хаггерти өнгөрсөн есдүгээр сард Лондон, Парис, Дублинд хийх тоглолтуудаа зарласан. Энэ нь түүнийг Газын асуудлаар хэлсэн үгнийх нь дараа Эд Шираны Loop аялан тоглолтоос хасагдсаны дараахан болсон юм.
Тэрээр АНУ-д тоглолтоо хийхээр анхнаасаа төлөвлөж байсан ч одоогоор тов гаргаагүй гэж мэдэгджээ. Маклморын мэдээлснээр, есдүгээр сарын дунд үе гэхэд он дуустал тоглох боломжтой өдрүүд санал болгосон ч эдгээр нь Палестиныг дэмжих буяны тоглолт гэдгийг мэдсэний дараа товыг цуцалсан байна.
Татгалзсан газруудын дунд Madison Square Garden, Prudential Center, Barclays Center, UBS Arena, Intuit Dome, Kia Forum, Crypto.com Arena, Chase Center болон Climate Pledge Arena багтжээ. Маклмор 20 гаруй жил аялан тоглохдоо ийм зүйлтэй тулгарч байгаагүй бөгөөд өнгөрсөн гурван жилд өөрт нь үзүүлсэн дарамт, шахалтын талаар дуугүй байсандаа харамсаж байгаагаа хэлсэн байна. Тэрээр Израильтай бизнесийн харилцаагаа Палестин хүний амьнаас дээгүүрт тавьдаг хүмүүсийг хамгаалахын оронд салбарын боломжуудаа алдахыг илүүд үзнэ гэж мэдэгджээ.
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Macklemore has claimed that nine arenas have prevented him from being able to perform his Free Palestine tour in the United States.
The 43-year-old rapper, real name Benjamin Haggerty, announced the initial concerts in London, Paris and Dublin in September after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour over comments he made about Gaza.
He said in a statement Friday that “from the beginning, our plan was to bring this tour home to the U.S.”
However, he continued, there are no planned dates at this time.
“After weeks of reaching out, nine major American arenas have turned us down,” he wrote.
“Madison Square Garden. Prudential Center. Barclays Center. UBS Arena. Intuit Dome. Kia Forum. Crypto.com Arena. Chase Center. Climate Pledge Arena,” Macklemore continued, calling out each arena.
“By mid-September, we received available dates at these arenas through the end of the year,” the “Thrift Shop” rapper continued. “But once they found out these were my benefit shows for Palestine, those dates were suddenly off the table. The doors were closed. The conversations were all different, but the result was the same. The shows were not going to be allowed to happen in these venues.”
He continued: “In over twenty years of touring, I’ve never experienced anything like this. Looking back over the last three years, the only real regret I have is not speaking publicly when Zionists were kicking me under the table. At the time, I didn’t believe that centering what was happening to me was worth taking any attention away from the genocide in Palestine. But the intimidation, manipulation and suppression I experienced are part of how those in power keep entertainers quiet.”
Macklemore went on to say that he would “rather lose every opportunity in this industry than spend another day protecting people who value their business relationships with Israel more than they value Palestinian human life.”
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