Line-up Announced for Palestine Benefit Concert at Wembley Arena
- Text by Ella Glossop
- Photography by Raph PH, Rodrigo Argenton
Together for Palestine: Greentea Peng, Jamie xx, Paloma Faith, Damon Albarn and more will join the major Gaza fundraiser at Wembley this September.
The full line-up has been announced for Together for Palestine, a major benefit concert taking place at Wembley Arena on 17 September in support of humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza.
Curated by Brian Eno, the 12,500-capacity event will bring together an eclectic mix of Palestinian and UK artists, raising funds for Choose Love, the charity working with grassroots organisations to deliver food, medical supplies and urgent support to people in Gaza.
Artists confirmed to perform include Sampha, Jamie xx, Greentea Peng, Cat Burns, King Krule, Rachel Chinouriri, Mabel, Paloma Faith, Obongjayar, James Blake, Bastille, Damon Albarn and Hot Chip. The concert will also spotlight Palestinian musicians Adnan Joubran, Faraj Suleiman and Nai Barghouti, with special one-off contributions from Rina Sawayama, Riz Ahmed and PinkPantheress.
Ziada, founder of the London Palestine Film Festival and one of the event’s producers, called the concert “a chorus of resistance,” adding: “In a world where governments and mainstream media have fallen silent in the face of genocide, artists and communities must come together to grieve, to rage, and to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
Es Devlin – known for designing tours for Beyoncé, the Weeknd and U2 – will collaborate with Palestinian artist Malak Mattar on the stage design, which promises to celebrate “the rich beauty of Palestinian culture.”
Eno, a long-time supporter of the cultural boycott of Israel, said the concert is a response to the ongoing horror in Gaza. “Silence becomes complicity. Artists have always helped societies to point out injustice and imagine better futures. That’s why this concert matters.”
Tickets are on sale now, and are available here.
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