celeb news Macklemore cancels Dubai concert in solidarity with the Sudanese people

[Virgos Groove]

 

[Pikachoo]

whats going on with Sudan and UAE?

[Pendulum]

He shouldn't have accepted a concert in Dubai in the first place but this is giving virtue signalling. Sudan's civil war is more complicated than the one sentence in his post that's actually referring to Sudan. And why did he have to sneak in capitalism in this? It's giving tiktok activist. 

Edited August 25 by Pendulum

[Wonderland]

So we're just overlooking the fact that the "Same Love" singer booked a concert in Dubai and failed to see how that enabled the systemic oppression of LGBT+ people?

 

[Janet]

Were the tickets not selling?

[Bookmark99]

why did he book a show there in the first place tho...not very "woke"

[ahauntingnearu]

Who is seeing Macklemore. Like WHO

[Katamari]

45 minutes ago, Janet said:

Were the tickets not selling?

[Letemtalk]

7 hours ago, Pikachoo said:

whats going on with Sudan and UAE?

 

7 hours ago, Pendulum said:

He shouldn't have accepted a concert in Dubai in the first place but this is giving virtue signalling. Sudan's civil war is more complicated than the one sentence in his post that's actually referring to Sudan. And why did he have to sneak in capitalism in this? It's giving tiktok activist. 

He pretty much explains all this, including the connection to capitalism, in the screenshots attached to his tweet.

 

For more on what is happening with Sudan and UAE.

 

Smoking gun' evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/25/smoking-gun-evidence-points-to-uae-involvement-in-sudan-civil-war

[playboi]

Sorry but I'm surprised he's still getting booked

[réveuse]

Macklemore is amazing for using his platform to put light on issues going on around the world while all the A-list celebrities stay silent.

 

 

#KeepEyesOnSudan

[ohjulia]

I can't at people continuously falling for celebrities and their virtue signaling lol

[superben]

1 hour ago, ohjulia said:

I can't at people continuously falling for celebrities and their virtue signaling lol

At least they're signaling, I guess

 

[Sugar-Rush]

No shade but I'm surprised there was even demand for him to perform in Dubai.

[Alongoria13]

7 hours ago, ohjulia said:

I can't at people continuously falling for celebrities and their virtue signaling lol