‘Together for Palestine’

 

‘Together for Palestine’ in London on 17 Sept.

OVO Arena, Wembley, London
6:30pm

Brian Eno and Khaled Ziada are overseeing the organisation of Together for Palestine, to brings together British and Palestinian artists at Wembley stadium in London, the iconic 12,500-capacity venue, to raise funds for Choose Love, a British charity working with 23 partner organisations in Gaza to deliver food, medical supplies and other support.

The music line-up so far includes UK artists such as Bastille, Brian Eno, Portishead (pre-recorded concert), Cat Burns, Damon Albarn, Greentea Peng, Hot Chip, James Blake, Jamie xx, King Krule, Mabel, Obongjayar, Paloma Faith, Rachel Chinouriri and Sampha, alongside Palestinian artists such as Adnan Joubran, Faraj Suleiman and Nai Barghouti. 

Concert organisers include Khaled Ziada, founder and director of the London Palestine Film Festival; British actor and activist Khalid Abdalla of Kite Runner fame; and Victoria & Abdul producer Tracey Seaward. 

Khaled Ziada, founder and director of the London Palestine film festival, is producing the event alongside Eno and Tracey Seaward, the film producer who also produced the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony. Ziada said: “In a world where governments and mainstream media have fallen silent in the face of genocide, this gathering becomes a chorus of resistance – where artists and communities come together to grieve, to rage and to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Palestinian people.” 

One of the show’s executive producers is the British composer and producer Brian Eno, who said it would be a “night of music, reflection and hope” that will raise funds for families in the enclave. "What we are witnessing in Gaza isn’t a mystery, and neither is it a blur of competing narratives making it hard to understand," Eno said in a press statement. 

"When dozens of non-partisan organisations like Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders describe it as genocide, the moral line is clear," he also wrote on social media.

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More on this soon.