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Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium

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Flores, G. A. (2026, October 3). Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/zach-bryan-free-palestine-shirt-gillette-stadium-robert-kraft/

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Zach Bryan wore a shirt reading "Free Palestine" during his concert at Gillette Stadium on Friday night. The shirt also featured the phrase "An appeal to heaven" with a pine tree logo. Some band members wore similar shirts. This incident follows Macklemore's recent controversy over making pro-Palestinian comments, which led to him being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour by Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft due to concerns about antisemitic rhetoric.

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Country singer Zach Bryan wore a "Free Palestine" shirt during his concert at Gillette Stadium near Boston on Friday night, one month after stadium owner Robert Kraft banned rapper Macklemore from performing there due to pro-Palestinian comments. The shirt read "FREE PALESTINE" and included the phrase "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" with a pine tree logo, referencing an American Revolutionary-era slogan. Bryan's guitarist Noah Le Gros also wore a green Palestine soccer jersey during the show, while drummer Nate Head donned a white-and-tan striped jersey honoring 5-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza. This incident occurred amid controversy over Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he supported Palestinians at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

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🔮 The phrase came from the belief that God would deliver the colonists from tyranny.

2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium

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Associated Press Jewish Massachusetts New Jersey the Revolutionary War

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Macklemore PERSON · 9× Sheeran PERSON · 5× Bryan PERSON · 3× Jewish NORP · 2× Kraft ORG · 2× New Jersey GPE · 2× Associated Press ORG · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× WBZ-TV ORG · 1× Zach Bryan PERSON · 1×

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"Based on Macklemore's recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran'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," Kraft wrote in a after Macklemore's remarks.

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🔮 The phrase came from the belief that God would deliver the colonists from tyranny.

2026-10-03 · CBS News

Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium · assertive framing

2026-10-04 · CBS News

Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium · assertive framing

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Weeks after rapper Macklemore was after making pro-Palestinian comments, musician Zach Bryan wore a shirt that said "Free Palestine" during his concert at the venue on Friday. asserted

that → make → Friday

Bryan was playing the first of two concerts at Gillette Stadium. asserted

Bryan → play → Stadium

The second show is scheduled for Saturday night. asserted

show → schedule → night

The full text on Bryan's shirt read "Free Palestine" and "An appeal to heaven" with a pine tree logo. asserted

text → read → logo

Some members of Bryan's band wore shirts with similar messages. asserted

members → wear → messages

According to a 2024 Associated Press article, "An appeal to heaven" is a phrase dating back to the Revolutionary War and was on the official maritime flag of Massachusetts until 1971. uncertain

appeal → accord → 1971

The phrase came from the belief that God would deliver the colonists from tyranny. asserted

God → come → tyranny

WBZ-TV reached out to Gillette Stadium for comment but has not yet heard back. asserted

TV → reach → comment

Macklemore was dropped from musician Ed Sheeran's "Loop" tour after saying "Free Palestine" last month during a concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. asserted

Macklemore → drop → Jersey

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. asserted

Macklemore → schedule → venue

Kraft → base → remarks

Macklemore said in an Instagram post that "Antisemitism is real," but argued that criticizing Israel and saying "Free Palestine" should not be conflated with Jewish hate. asserted

criticizing → say → hate

Every other supporting act for Sheeran's tour dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore. asserted

act → support → Macklemore

Since then, Macklemore has Kraft issued a statement in which he said he had already spoken to Sheeran about matching the pop star's own $2 million donation pledge. asserted

he → issue → pledge

Sheeran's concerts at Gillette were scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26 but were hitting the area that weekend. asserted

concerts → schedule → area