The rapper was set to headline Neon City Festival, which was announced the day before he released the pro-Palestine track ‘Hind’s Hall 2’.
Macklemore has been dropped from Las Vegas’ Neon City Festival “due to unforeseen circumstances”, the festival’s team has shared.In an Instagram post shared yesterday (September 24), the festival updated their line-up in an announcement, simply stating that the rapper “will no longer be performing” at the festival after announcing his inclusion just last Friday (September 20).
The next day, Macklemore released ‘Hind’s Hall 2’, a sequel to his fiery pro-Palestine single in May – this time, he features Palestinian-American artists Anees and Amer Zahr, Gaza-born rapper MC Abdul, and vocals from the Los Angeles Palestinian Kids Choir.A day after its release, he performed at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival in Seattle, where he chanted “fuck America” during his set.
They state that its headliners – DJ/producers Alison Wonderland and Seven Lions, pop-rock group Neon Trees and singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson – are still set to perform on the event weekend of November 22 to 24. The festival is free entry with no age restrictions. NME has reached out to Macklemore’s representatives for a comment.His ‘Hind’s Hall’ singles are named after Columbia University’s Hamilton’s Hall, which was renamed Hind’s Hall by pro-Palestine student activists in honour of Hind Rajab – a child killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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