{"id":102305,"date":"2026-10-03T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zach-bryan-wears-free-palestine-shirt-at-gillette-stadium-concert-weeks-after-macklemore-robert-kraft-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:51:17","slug":"zach-bryan-wears-free-palestine-shirt-at-gillette-stadium-concert-weeks-after-macklemore-robert-kraft-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zach-bryan-wears-free-palestine-shirt-at-gillette-stadium-concert-weeks-after-macklemore-robert-kraft-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Bryan wears &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; shirt at Gillette Stadium concert weeks after Macklemore-Robert Kraft controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Weeks after rapper Macklemore was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/macklemore-robert-kraft-ed-sheeran-concert-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">barred from opening for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Stadium<\/a><\/span> after making pro-Palestinian comments, musician Zach Bryan wore a shirt that said &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; during his concert at the venue on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bryan was playing the first of two concerts at Gillette Stadium. The second show is scheduled for Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full text on Bryan&#8217;s shirt read &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; and &#8220;An appeal to heaven&#8221; with a pine tree logo. Some members of Bryan&#8217;s band wore shirts with similar messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/03\/8730f578-e76e-4bfd-af01-144ea1fd8999\/thumbnail\/620x760\/75de6fbb006b6a1009eee27623790f72\/zach-bryan-credit-boots-and-whiskey-podcast.jpg#\" alt=\"zach-bryan-credit-boots-and-whiskey-podcast.jpg \" height=\"760\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/03\/8730f578-e76e-4bfd-af01-144ea1fd8999\/thumbnail\/620x760\/75de6fbb006b6a1009eee27623790f72\/zach-bryan-credit-boots-and-whiskey-podcast.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/03\/8730f578-e76e-4bfd-af01-144ea1fd8999\/thumbnail\/1240x1520\/fe160d64c7b762132bf72288d822f8ad\/zach-bryan-credit-boots-and-whiskey-podcast.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Zach Bryan performs at Gillette Stadium while wearing a &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Books and Whiskey Podcast<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to a 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alito-supreme-court-flags-history-symbol-protest-a5415aeba90e21a86a50f8489fc54b7a#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0article, &#8220;An appeal to heaven&#8221; is a phrase dating back to the Revolutionary War and was on the official maritime flag of Massachusetts until 1971. The phrase came from the belief that God would deliver the colonists from tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>WBZ-TV reached out to Gillette Stadium for comment but has not yet heard back.<\/p>\n<p>Macklemore was dropped from musician Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Loop&#8221; tour after saying &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; last month during a concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Macklemore was scheduled to perform at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro with Sheeran, but New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who also owns the stadium, called Sheeran to tell him Macklemore would not be allowed to perform at the venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on Macklemore&#8217;s recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran&#8217;s shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community, we determined that his participation in the September 25th and 26th concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line,&#8221; Kraft wrote in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-robert-kraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after Macklemore&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Macklemore said in an Instagram post that &#8220;Antisemitism is real,&#8221; but argued that criticizing Israel and saying &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; should not be conflated with Jewish hate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every other supporting act for Sheeran&#8217;s tour dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Macklemore has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/macklemore-robert-kraft-donation-ed-sheeran\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pledged to donate $1 million<\/a><\/span> to support Palestinians. He also called on Kraft to match his donation.  <br \/>Kraft issued a statement in which he said he had already spoken to Sheeran about matching the pop star&#8217;s own $2 million donation pledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran&#8217;s concerts at Gillette were scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26 but were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ed-sheerans-gillette-stadium-concerts-canceled-noreaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">canceled due to a nor&#8217;easter<\/a><\/span> hitting the area that weekend. \u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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