# Stevie Wonder backs Macklemore in impassioned Glasgow speech: “Ban me as you want”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stevie-wonder-backs-macklemore-in-impassioned-glasgow-speech-ban-me-as-you-want/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:42:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T15:35:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/stevie-wonder-backs-macklemore-impassioned-glasgow-speech/
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Stevie Wonder called for peace at his Glasgow concert.
- He voiced support for Macklemore after the rapper’s tour controversies.
- About 14,000 people attended the show on 11 November.

## Summary

Stevie Wonder publicly backed Macklemore during a Glasgow concert, calling for wars to stop and for people to be protected from their destruction. The remarks connected the show’s message of peace with the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian statements.

Wonder spoke at the OVO Hydro on 11 November, during the European leg of his tour marking 50 years of *Songs in the Key of Life*. He said Macklemore had been banned for speaking out against wars, then added, “Ban me as you want”; the crowd of about 14,000 cheered. Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour after saying “Free Palestine” on stage, and later said nine major US arenas had blocked his own Free Palestine tour.

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