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The English band Gorillaz appeared to call out the decision to boot rapper Macklemore from Ed Sheeran's tour over his call for a "Free Palestine" with a similar stunt during one of their shows last week.
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band → appear → shows
While performing in Florida on Thursday, band frontman Damon Albarn held up a Palestinian flag and draped it over his shoulder while addressing the audience.
"Don’t forget this.
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Albarn → perform → this
Don’t ever be neutral," Albarn said.
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Albarn → say → ?
Fox News Digital reached out to Gorillaz and Sheeran for comment.
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Digital → reach → comment
Gorillaz is one of several performers who have used the stage to promote anti-Israel causes since the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
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who → use → attacks
The band previously performed at the Together for Palestine concert in 2025 for Palestinian organizations.
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band → perform → organizations
During the Glastonbury Festival in 2024, Albarn asked the audience whether they supported Palestine.
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they → ask → Palestine
"Three things, and you have to show me how you feel about them: Palestine.
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Do you feel that’s an unfair war?
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Okay," Albarn said.
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Gorillaz's stunt came after Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's tour, causing several progressive figures to rally behind the rapper and criticize Sheeran, though Sheeran's representatives have said he was not involved in the decision.
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he → come → decision
Macklemore has since doubled down on his activism and defended his efforts to shout "Free Palestine" at his show and perform his anti-Israel song "Hind's Hall.
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"I’m not sure how to start this.
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So I’m going to speak from the heart and share the truth," Macklemore wrote in a lengthy Instagram statement last week.
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Macklemore → go → statement
"Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
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Sheeran → make → tour
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious.
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that → get → something
In this moment I think it matters.
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We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world.
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Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families."
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Sheeran addressed the controversy during his show on Saturday night.
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"Now, I want to address the question of where I stand in the situation in Israel and Palestine and whether my doing this concert here tonight implies where I stand.
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I → want → concert
I’ve tried in my career to not be a political commentator of any kind because I want my music and shows to be about unity not division, about humanity not politics," Sheeran said.
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Sheeran → try → humanity
He continued, "But this is a humanitarian issue and I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore.
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I → continue → it
What happened in Israel at a… music festival on Oct. 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain.
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happened → happen → pain
What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate."
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happening → happen → Gaza
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