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DUBAI: US country singer Zach Bryan and his band wore T-shirts reading \u201cFree Palestine\u201d during his concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, this week.<\/p>\n
The show was the first of two dates at the venue on his With Heaven On Tour. Bryan, a Grammy winner best known for the hits \u201cSomething in the Orange\u201d and \u201cI Remember Everything,\u201d did not address the shirt from the stage.<\/p>\n
The stadium is owned by the Kraft Group, led by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who barred US rapper Macklemore from performing there last month.<\/p>\n
In early September, while opening for British singer Ed Sheeran at New Jersey\u2019s MetLife Stadium, Macklemore shouted \u201cFree Palestine,\u201d expressed solidarity with people in Gaza and the West Bank, showed images from the war in Gaza and performed his protest song \u201cHind\u2019s Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kraft confirmed in a statement that his decision was based on Macklemore\u2019s \u201crecent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran\u2019s shows in New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Macklemore said Kraft had rallied other stadium owners, who told Sheeran he would not be allowed to play their venues if the rapper stayed on the tour. Kraft did not address that claim. Sheeran later dropped Macklemore from the remaining US dates.<\/p>\n
Macklemore has since announced a Free Palestine Tour to take place in Dublin, Paris and London from Oct. 26-30, which he said sold out immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n