On Thursday night before Sunday’s Grand Final, the track ‘Same Love’ returned to the top of the Australian iTunes music charts for a second time. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott joined others in petitioning the NRL to stop Macklemore from performing his hit song ‘Same Love’, arguing that the performance politicised the game.įooty fans shouldn't be subjected to a politicised grand final. The choice to have Macklemore as part of the pre-match entertainment at the popular sporting event was met with controversy by opponents of same-sex marriage. Macklemore made this pledge on the eve of his performance at the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend. The hit song from 2012 was recorded at a time when marriage equality was being campaigned for in Washington, D.C., USA, and topped out at number 11 on the American billboard hot 100 chart, while it made number one in both Australia and New Zealand. American rapper Macklemore - aka Benjamin Haggerty - has pledged to donate the Australian proceeds from his hit song ‘Same Love’ to the marriage equality ‘Yes’ campaignĮXCLUSIVE: has pledged to donate the Australian earnings of his song ‘Same Love’ to the Yes campaign.
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