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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.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a "Free Palestine" shirt during his concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Friday night. The stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots owner and staunch supporter of Israel. This move came weeks after Kraft barred rapper Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium for making pro-Palestinian remarks during Ed Sheeran’s tour in MetLife Stadium, New Jersey. Bryan's band members also wore Palestine-branded clothing during their show. The shirt Bryan wore featured the phrase "Free Palestine" and included an appeal to heaven with a pine tree logo, referencing American Revolutionary War-era sentiments.
Written for “Zach Bryan Free Palestine Shirt” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 8 other(s) covering the same event.
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.
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that → make → Friday
Bryan was playing the first of two concerts at Gillette Stadium.
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Bryan → play → Stadium
The second show is scheduled for Saturday night.
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show → schedule → night
The full text on Bryan's shirt read "Free Palestine" and "An appeal to heaven" with a pine tree logo.
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text → read → logo
Some members of Bryan's band wore shirts with similar messages.
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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.
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God → come → tyranny
WBZ-TV reached out to Gillette Stadium for comment but has not yet heard back.
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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.
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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.
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Macklemore → schedule → venue
"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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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.
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criticizing → say → hate
Every other supporting act for Sheeran's tour dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore.
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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.
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he → issue → pledge
Sheeran's concerts at Gillette were scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26 but were
hitting the area that weekend.
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concerts → schedule → area
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