Weeks after rapper Macklemore was barred from opening for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Stadium after making pro-Palestinian comments, musician Zach Bryan wore a shirt that said  Free Palestine  during his concert at the venue on Friday.

Bryan was playing the first of two concerts at Gillette Stadium. The second show is scheduled for Saturday night.

The full text on Bryan's shirt read  Free Palestine  and  An appeal to heaven  with a pine tree logo. Some members of Bryan's band wore shirts with similar messages.

Zach Bryan performs at Gillette Stadium while wearing a  Free Palestine  shirt. Books and Whiskey Podcast


WBZ-TV reached out to Gillette Stadium for comment but has not yet heard back.

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.

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.

 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 statement after Macklemore's 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.

Every other supporting act for Sheeran's tour dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore.

Since then, Macklemore has pledged to donate $1 million to support Palestini

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