When Macklemore announced his Free Palestine Tour —a run of benefit shows in Dublin, London, and Paris following his removal as Ed Sheeran’s opener —he promised U.S. dates were not far behind. But Stateside arenas, like their football stadium counterparts, are apparently less than enthused to book the rapper over his pro-Palestine comments. In a statement posted to Instagram on November 6, Macklemore accused nine venues of not allowing the tour to move forward.

“We received available dates at these arenas through the end of the year. But once they found out these were my benefit shows for Palestine, those dates were suddenly off the table,” he wrote. “The doors were closed. The conversations were all different, but the result was the same. These shows were not going to be allowed to happen in these venues. In over twenty years of touring, I’ve never experienced anything like this.”

The arenas Macklemore named were Madison Square Garden, Prudential Center.…