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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 99 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Macklemore is braver than the troops

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 90 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Fuck America tho

[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 73 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[–] buh@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 64 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] PostyourJaggaHogs@hexbear.net 58 points 3 weeks ago

Very proud of that quirked up white boy

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 48 points 3 weeks ago
[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 48 points 3 weeks ago

He ain't wrong, fuck the American empire.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 46 points 3 weeks ago

Dixie Chix-Macklemore music tour when?

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

music festivals are reactionary, I will not elaborate

[–] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

one of those facts I wish werent true but sadly is

[–] HamManBad@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 3 weeks ago

based af Macklemore*

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

is-this is this that cancel culture I've been hearing about?

Sounds like they lost the highlight of the festival. They've got some ghost-writer DJs, pastiche producers, radio wash-ups, and a random chud remaining from the look of it.

(I say this as someone who has listened to a lot more 7 Lions and Alison Wonderland than Macklemore. They just don't have the same panache as he does imo.)

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] miz@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Neon City? more like Sun City

anti-italian-discrimination

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

☠️2️⃣ amerikkka