Wembley Hosts Historic Concert for Palestine Tonight With 40 Global Stars

Wembley Hosts Historic Concert for Palestine Tonight With 40 Global Stars

News September 17, 2025
Wembley Hosts Historic Concert for Palestine Tonight With 40 Global Stars
London (QNN)- A massive concert for Palestine takes place tonight at Wembley Arena, with more than 40 global stars from music, film, and culture joining forces to raise millions for Gaza. The event, called Together For Palestine, is executive produced by legendary musician Brian Eno. Organizers describe it as “a gathering of artists, musicians, and people for whom silence feels impossible.” This is the UK’s largest fundraising concert for Gaza to date. Proceeds will go to Palestinian-led charities, including Taawon, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, and the Palestine Medical Relief Service. The star-studded line-up includes Paul Weller, Damon Albarn, Portishead, PinkPantheress, Jamie xx, James Blake, Nadine Shah, and Bastille. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Riz Ahmed, Guy Pearce, and Ruth Negga will also appear, alongside cultural icons like Eric Cantona, Jameela Jamil, and Amelia Dimoldenberg. Palestinian performers will take center stage too. Singer Elyanna, rapper El Far3i, musician Saint Levant, and DJ Abdulhadi are all scheduled to perform. Interludes directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi will showcase the voices of Gaza’s doctors, teachers, aid workers, and journalists. The event will also hear from Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, journalist Mehdi Hasan, broadcaster Louis Theroux, and Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos. Comedian Guz Khan is hosting the night. He said: “When you see kids in Gaza facing bombs instead of books, silence isn’t an option. This concert is about solidarity, love, and justice.”

Brian Eno: “More Than Just Money”

Brian Eno said: “Every penny donated will go to Palestinian partners through Choose Love. But this is about more than money. It’s about sending love and solidarity to Palestine, showing that they have not been forgotten.” All 12,000 tickets sold out in hours. For global audiences, the concert will stream live on YouTube at 8pm CET. The concert comes as Gaza faces famine and genocide. UN experts say Palestinians face an Israeli-made famine as the siege deepens. In an ope-ed published in The Guardian, Eno compared the moment to the 1988 Nelson Mandela tribute at Wembley. That show helped mobilize global opinion against apartheid. “Politics sits downstream of culture,” Eno wrote. “Artists shape the stories that change how we see the world.”  

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