Macklemore may have been barred from saying “Free Palestine!” at Robert Kraft‘s Gillette Stadium — and indeed, from anywhere else on Ed Sheeran‘s tour, as that headliner agreed with Kraft that the controversial rapper should be removed from the opening slot on all the shows he was booked for. But it was probably inevitable that, at some point, some musician would make a statement by sneaking in the same message while playing Kraft’s venue in Foxborough, Mass.
\n\nWhat was surprising, to just about everyone, was who actually pulled it off: Zach Bryan. The country-rock superstar wore a “Free Palestine” T-shirt Friday night in the first of his two headlining appearances at Gillette Stadium, and fan footage shared from the venue’s big screens shows that at least two of Bryan’s band members were wearing Palestine jerseys as well.
\n\nPart of the surprise in Bryan being the one to make the bold statement in Kraft territory is that he is a proud Navy veteran working at least on the outskirts of a genre, country, that has a fan base that would not be universally welcoming to such a position. Indeed, the reaction among self-proclaimed Bryan fans on X and other social media…
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