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Both of Ed Sheeran’s weekend shows at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium have been canceled because of a nor’easter, ending two weeks of controversy over Macklemore’s removal from the tour at the one venue where it began.

Macklemore says he is giving the full $1 million he earned from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians, and has publicly invited Patriots owner Robert Kraft – who blocked him from Gillette Stadium – to match the donation.

All four remaining support acts walked away from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour within hours of each other after Macklemore was removed over an onstage call for a free Palestine. Here is how the stand-off reached that point, and where the accounts diverge.

Macklemore will not play the eight remaining US dates on Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. The promoter says venues refused to host the shows with him on the lineup – and neither Macklemore nor Sheeran has said a word.

Macklemore used his opening slot on Ed Sheeran’s LOOP Tour to call for a free Palestine on two consecutive nights at MetLife Stadium. The Israeli-American Council is now petitioning Sheeran to drop him from the remaining dates.