Zach Bryan’s drummer joined the country singer in making a pro-Palestinian statement at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium, as Bryan took to the stage wearing a “Free Palestine” jersey.
Drummer Nate Head performed in a white-and-tan striped Palestinian football jersey with the words “Hind Rajab” and the number 5 on the back, according to TMZ.
Hind Rajab was a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza in January 2024.
The publication also reported that Bryan’s guitarist Noah Le Gros also showed his support by wearing a green Palestinian football jersey during the concert.
Bryan, on the other hand, wore a black T-shirt with the words “Free Palestine” and an image of a pine tree separating the message from the words “Call to Heaven.”
Friday marked the first night of the two-night run at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, as part of the closing leg of Bryan’s “With Heaven on Tour.”
The moment comes nearly a month after Kraft banned Macklemore from performing at the venue following the rapper’s pro-Palestinian statements during Ed Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” — after which Macklemore was removed from remaining U.S. dates.
The 43-year-old “Thrift Shop” host called for a “Free Palestine” and performed his 2024 protest song “Hind’s Hall,” named after Rajab, during his concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sept. 4.
“’Liberate Palestine!’ I said. I want these words to be loud and clear so that people from Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them,” Macklemore said in part of his speech.
Sheeran’s two-night run at Gillette Stadium was canceled due to severe weather warnings after Macklemore was removed from the tour and left after several other opening acts in solidarity with the “Can’t Hold Us” hitmaker.
Following the debate, Kraft said he would donate $2 million to Palestinian relief efforts, saying Sheeran had personally encouraged him to donate.
“Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to pledge $2 million to match his donation to combat this humanitarian crisis in the region,” Kraft, 85, said in a statement.
“Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue working together to build bridges.”
More recently, Macklemore announced his “Free Palestine Tour,” with shows in Dublin, Paris and London later this month.
Announcing the tour, he wrote in part: “If these last few weeks have shown us anything, it’s that things have changed in the last three years.
“There has been a collective awakening around the liberation of Palestine, the power of billionaires trying to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now,” Macklemore added. “The year is 2026. Being apolitical during the genocide no longer works.”