A celebrity dispute is a doorway, not the story When Macklemore told a stadium crowd “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran at MetLife Stadium, the argument that followed did not stay onstage. P!nk reshared criticism of the performance and then faced backlash herself. The dispute became a conversation about more than two performers: Jewish fear, Palestinian solidarity, political speech and the difference between a government’s policy and a people’s identity. P!nk’s own