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The inaugural Neon City Festival lost a headliner just days after its lineup was first announced.

Macklemore was among the headlining acts first announced on Thursday. In a brief statement Tuesday morning, festival organizers say the Grammy-winning rapper will no longer be performing at Neon City Festival "due to unforeseen circumstances."

News that the rapper was removed from the Neon City lineup comes after his performance at the Palestine Will Love Forever Festival in Seattle over the weekend. A video of Macklemore yelling "Yeah, fuck America!" during his performance has since been viewed over a million times on social media.

Macklemore has not kept his stance on the ongoing war in Gaza a secret. In May, he made headlines when he released "Hind's Hall," a rap single praising college students for their protests of the war and denouncing the U.S.'s role in the conflict.

In March, he was also photographed alongside protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

As Channel 13 previously reported, the free festival in downtown Las Vegas is scheduled to coincide with the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The remaining headliners include Seven Lions, Alison Wonderland, Russell Dickerson and Neon Trees.

As of Tuesday, organizers say you can expect Macklemore to be replaced with a different act.

"We are excited to announce new artists joining the NCF lineup shortly," they stated.

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[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 101 points 1 year ago

Macklemore has only-good-gamer energy

We can have one quirked up white boy that's goated with the sauce

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 75 points 1 year ago

Also anyone else who plays this festival supports genocide. Sorry, I don't make the rules, they can either have their "I am Spartacus" moment and boycott or continue sitting at the table full of nazis

[-] miz@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

hmm maybe let's make a list of those artists and start shitting on them publicly if they don't pull out

[-] frauddogg@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm gonna be pissed if Alison Wonderland doesn't pull out; she's maybe one of the few white girls of her particular pop cohort I actually liked listening to (I was always more of a SOPHIE and Purity Ring enby; everyone else except maybe Alice Glass could go get bent)

Probably bc of NFS2017 but still. Dunno the other three sets of crackers on the headliner flyer; and the flyer doesn't mention any of the other supporting acts; maybe because NCF doesn't think them important enough to merit printed flyer space, maybe to 'protect' fash loving 'artists' (ha) from these exact kind of "put on the fash list" repercussions

[-] miz@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

something something something all just a little bit of history repeating

Neon City? more like Sun City

anti-italian-discrimination

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 96 points 1 year ago

Macklemore is braver than the troops

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 90 points 1 year ago

yeonmi-park And in bad country recording artists not towing the line on the state sanctioned genocide of brown people lose their work and livelihoods.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 75 points 1 year ago

Fuck America tho

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can't even say fuck America anymore, you'll get canceled by the Woke scolds

[-] buh@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago
[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago

He could say “fuck America” all he wanted if he were silent about the genocide.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago

facilities unfortunately unable to suit needs of his giant dick and balls

[-] PostyourJaggaHogs@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago

Very proud of that quirked up white boy

[-] dkr567@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

He ain't wrong, fuck the American empire.

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago
[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago

Dixie Chix-Macklemore music tour when?

[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

music festivals are reactionary, I will not elaborate

[-] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

one of those facts I wish werent true but sadly is

[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Proportional to how much they cost. Truly free festivals have rad lib energy

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 year ago

based af Macklemore*

[-] asg101@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Anyone attending this festival after NCF comes out in support of genocide deserves whatever happens to them.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Neon City? more like Sun City

anti-italian-discrimination

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