Two of Matisyahu‘s latest live shows obtained canceled … and he is theorizing the cancelations would possibly’ve been brought on by some staff making a political assertion in opposition to Israel.

The singer-songwriter joined us on “TMZ Dwell” Thursday … telling us his sold-out present in New Mexico was canceled simply hours earlier than the curtain was set to go up — one thing he discovered about final minute.

As Matisyahu — a really vocal supporter of the Israeli trigger in Gaza — defined it … a fan approached him after he’d already carried out a sound verify within the Meow Wolf venue and mentioned that they had obtained an e-mail saying the live performance was known as off due to safety threats.

When his crew approached the occasion organizers about it, Matisyahu says they advised him staff had been afraid to come back to work due to doable protests outdoors the constructing and that they would not have time to rent extra staffers for the occasion.

BTW … the protest did not precisely take off — with nearly 5 folks displaying up, apparently, to voice their displeasure in response to Matis. So, hardly a menace, actually.

It is not the one present that is been canceled, because it seems … Matisyahu says his present tonight in Tucson, Arizona, can be not occurring as a result of staff there are additionally allegedly calling out.

The doable reasoning behind this … Matisyahu says he thinks staff would possibly’ve realized the occasion must be known as off in the event that they determined to not arrive for work — including social media posts of a few of the New Mexico employees made it clear they stood in opposition to Israel.

Matisyahu insists he is not pushing his politics at his reveals … admitting he generally makes statements in opposition to Hamas however retains political division out of his performances for essentially the most half.

If boycotters are hoping to discourage Matisyahu … it isn’t working to date, with him saying he is prepared to play at any venue prepared to host him and his group. He even talked about his cousin who goes to highschool in Tucson — and mentioned he’d placed on a present at a frat home in the event that they’re !

In fact, tensions have been particularly excessive between Israeli and Palestinian supporters since a shock assault by Hamas on a music pageant on October 7 sparked a full-on battle within the area.

A spokesperson for Meow Wolf tells TMZ … “Yesterday, we canceled a live performance on the Home of Everlasting Return. Two hours earlier than the present was set to start, we discovered ourselves with out enough employees to securely handle the bought out crowd. Meow Wolf will at all times prioritize the security of our staff and our visitors. We’re within the means of refunding all ticket holders.”