Back in September, Ed Sheeran dropped his friend Macklemore from his stadium tour, reportedly because New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft didn't want Macklemore talking about Israel's genocide of Palestinian people onstage. The move led to a huge backlash against Sheeran and a wave of respect for Macklemore. In response, Macklemore announced that he's donating the $1 million that he made from the Sheeran tour to organizations that aid Palestinian people, and he also planned a Free Palestine arena tour of his own. But now, it looks like he's running into the same problem, with owners of American arenas refusing to book the Free Palestine tour.

When Macklemore first announced his Free Palestine tour, he only had concrete plans for three benefit shows in Dublin, Paris, and London. Those three shows have all happened. All of them sold out, raising more money for Palestinian people.…