Powerful music and words of resistance from Together for Palestine fundraiser

Last night’s Together for Palestine fundraiser brought together powerful music and words of resistance. Amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, famous voices from different professions united in opposition. The event raised around £1.5m for Palestinian-led organisations.

Here are some highlights from the event.

Music

There was a wide variety of musical performances at the event, from both younger and older artists. And one of the most beautiful was almost certainly Damon Albarn’s collaboration with the London Arab Orchestra, Omar Souleyman, and Yasiin Bey:

Damon Albarn’s and Gorillaz performances for Together for Palestine live pic.twitter.com/eun8Znw1NY

— sky 🎸 (@invislovebot) September 17, 2025

🎥 Gorillaz (@gorillaz) performing at the Brian Eno (@brianeno) organised, Together for Palestine, concert at Wembley Arena last night.#TogetherForPalestine pic.twitter.com/X5tCPcpJ1n

— Far Out Magazine (@FarOutMag) September 18, 2025

🇵🇸Solidarity: Gorillaz – Damascus feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey at Together For Palestine. pic.twitter.com/CEZ1pPUccO

— Antifa_Ultras (@ultras_antifaa) September 18, 2025

Powerful performance from Paloma Faith at Together for Palestine event at Wembley.
❤️‍🔥🇵🇸✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/CHdXq6AfZp

— Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 (@hippyygoat) September 17, 2025

Joining the huge names on the line-up, @rachelchinourir and @catburns joined forces at Together For Palestine, and broke out a touching duet of their collaborative track ‘Even’.#RachelChinouriri #CatBurns #TogetherForPalestine @T4Plive pic.twitter.com/P8IUxVgp7f

— NME (@NME) September 18, 2025

Some beautiful performances at TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE 💜🇵🇸#Bastille | #TogetherForPalestine
+ https://t.co/wHtwYbflnV pic.twitter.com/zrHqqzrTgZ

— 🌸⁷ (@Bora_Flwr_Thrwr) September 17, 2025

High-profile figures also read out moving Palestinian poetry:

Legendary British musician Brian Eno, who helped organize and produce the Together for Palestine benefit concert, performs the poem “Oh Rascal Children of Gaza.”

Written by Palestinian poet Khaled Juma during Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza, the poem mourns the 550 children killed… pic.twitter.com/wEWw15UYgZ

— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) September 17, 2025

🇵🇸 “On this land there are reasons to live—
This land, the lady of lands.
The motherland of beginnings, the motherland of all ends.
She was known as Palestine.
She forevermore will be known as Palestine.”

— Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, reciting Mahmoud Darwish’s On This Land at… pic.twitter.com/mTMaml7mFv

— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) September 17, 2025

Speeches

Actor Florence Pugh had a strong statement for all the people in positions of power who have remained silent during the Gaza genocide:

Silence in the face of such suffering is not neutrality. It is complicity.

pic.twitter.com/YGrhyxRaaV

— Florence Pugh Media (@FPDMedia) September 17, 2025

Others echoed this message too, calling out the inaction of famous artists around the world:

Nicola Coughlan speaks up at the "Together for Palestine" fundraiser:

"There are many artists that I love, and I know you love, that have hundreds of million of followers, and they’re saying nothing." pic.twitter.com/LuKMqqqbYR

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) September 17, 2025

Journalist Mehdi Hasan highlighted the bravery of Palestinian journalists whom Israel has killed at an unprecedented rate during its genocide:

“You can’t bomb the truth away”

My full speech at Wembley Arena tonight, in London, to 12,000 people at the Together for Palestine concert, paying tribute to murdered Palestinian journalists and their bravery, and calling out the silence and complicity of Western media. pic.twitter.com/OMxgaEwIpA

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 18, 2025

Footballer Eric Cantona called for Israel’s suspension from international football competitions:

At the Together 4 Palestine gig in London, Eric Cantona stood alongside ex-Palestinian player Mahmoud Sarsak, jailed 3 years by Israel, with a powerful reminder:

“FIFA and UEFA banned Russia 4 days after Ukraine. We’re 716 days into a genocide, and Israel still plays.” pic.twitter.com/8j2rynTHs2

— Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) September 17, 2025

UN expert Francesca Albanese called on ordinary people to take action where governments have chosen not to:

“When governments betray the most basic human values, it is upon us to fix it. We, the people.”

Tonight, @FranceskAlbs, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, gave this powerful speech at the Together for Palestine concert. pic.twitter.com/znvxeUZkHM

— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) September 17, 2025

Actor Richard Gere highlighted the key US role in the genocide, stressing that Donald Trump could stop it in one day if he chose to:

Richard Gere, speaking at OVO Arena Wembley in the UK: "Netanyahu has to go. And all the enablers have to go as well."

He added that he believes only one man—Donald Trump—can stop this genocide. pic.twitter.com/IGIBr2pZGF

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 18, 2025

Musician Saint Levant, meanwhile, highlighted that the genocide is just Israel’s most blatantly barbaric act, but is actually part of the decades-long oppression of Palestinian people:

Saint Levant addressed thousands at London's Wembley Arena, reminding the audience that the suffering in Gaza did not begin on October 7 but is rooted in decades of occupation and imperialism. pic.twitter.com/pXc9Qrl98e

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 18, 2025

Others echoed this same message, including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Ben Jamal:

“History did not begin in October 7th”

Ben Jamal, Director of PSC, delivered an electrifying speech at tonight’s Together For Palestine concert at Wembley, London, representing a movement determined to resist Israel’s decades of oppression, colonization, and erasure. pic.twitter.com/YbcEqcP76v

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 17, 2025

Many more famous figures were also present, including Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos. And they all spoke out in solidarity with the people suffering as a result of Israel’s heinous crimes in Gaza:

A Holocaust survivor explains why his past compels him to remain steadfast in his commitment to the Palestinian people at the “Together for Palestine” event, live at OVO Arena Wembley in the UK. pic.twitter.com/V3KoEHVEu7

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 17, 2025

pinkpantheress and charithra chandran’s speech at the together for palestine concert today 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/tFsRTGJ78T

— pinkpantheress source (@pantheressluv) September 17, 2025

Victoria Rose, a doctor who served in Gaza, shares a message from a Gazan nurse colleague during the “Together for Palestine” event at OVO Arena Wembley in the UK. pic.twitter.com/QfQX38fO5u

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 17, 2025

Featured image via YouTube screenshot/Annie Lennox