Monday, September 14, 2026

New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Refused to Let Macklemore Open for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Stadium, Rapper Says Convinced Other Owners

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For once, he’s the hero.

Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, wouldn’t let Macklemore perform at Gillette Stadium.

That’s what the offensive rapper says in a post this morning. Macklemore says he got that from Ed Sheeran, from whose tour he has now been dropped.

Kraft is Jewish, and smartly has had enough, like a lot of us. These are music shows, not political rallies.

Macklemore says he heard Kraft spoke to other NFL stadium owners, and they agreed Macklemore would not be allowed to bring his hate of Israel into their venues.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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