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A one\u2011off benefit concert on 17 September at OVO Arena Wembley will donate 100% of ticket revenue to UK charity Choose Love, organisers say. The event \u2014 executive produced by Brian Eno and collaborators \u2014 pairs mainstream UK acts with Palestinian musicians and promises transparency on how funds are routed to local relief partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A one\u2011off benefit concert billed Together For Palestine will take place at OVO Arena Wembley on 17 September, organisers have announced, with organisers saying 100 per cent of the ticket price will be donated to the UK charity Choose Love to fund Palestinian\u2011led humanitarian relief. The event is being presented by a team of executive producers including Brian Eno, Khaled Ziada and other collaborators, and the official event site stresses transparency about where funds will be directed.
According to the original reports, tickets are already on sale and further line\u2011up announcements are expected in the run\u2011up to the show.<\/p>\n
The first wave of performers bridges mainstream UK pop and electronic acts with one\u2011off contributions from internationally recognised artists. Confirmed names include Damon Albarn, Bastille, Paloma Faith, Sampha, Jamie xx, Hot Chip, Mabel and Cat Burns, alongside one\u2011off appearances announced from Rina Sawayama and PinkPantheress; some coverage also lists James Blake, Obongjayar and Rachel Chinouriri among early additions. Organisers and early press coverage have emphasised that more names will be revealed in coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Organisers have also sought to centre Palestinian voices on the bill. The line\u2011up includes Palestinian musicians such as Adnan Joubran, Faraj Suleiman and Nai Barghouti \u2014 a move the producers say is intended both to raise funds and to celebrate music and culture from the region. Damon Albarn, one of the performers, said in the event announcement that pacifism and solidarity are a personal imperative: \u201cI, like everyone with a heart, have felt despair and helplessness at the reports coming out of Gaza and the West Bank\u2026 I am grateful for this opportunity to act in solidarity with the Palestinian people and also celebrate the music and culture from the region.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brian Eno, who is serving as executive producer, framed the concert as an artistic response to what he described as a moral emergency. \u201cIn the face of the horrors of Gaza silence becomes complicity,\u201d he said in the announcement, adding that artists can \u201cpoint out injustice and imagine better futures.\u201d Khaled Ziada, also quoted by organisers, described the gathering as \u201ca chorus of resistance \u2014 where artists and communities come together to grieve, to rage, and to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organisers\u2019 pledge that 100 per cent of ticket revenue will be channelled through Choose Love is accompanied by details from the charity about how funds are allocated. Choose Love\u2019s All Eyes on Gaza appeal documents its emergency response and lists partner organisations operating in Gaza, the West Bank and neighbouring areas \u2014 naming groups such as the Palestine Children\u2019s Relief Fund, Medical Aid for Palestinians and Anera among local partners \u2014 and publishes updates on donations and spending to demonstrate allocation decisions.<\/p>\n
The concert is being staged against a backdrop of intensifying concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Official figures reported by Gaza health authorities place fatalities at around 60,000 since October 2023; reporting by international news agencies has documented worsening malnutrition, severe shortages of food and medical supplies, and hospitals under extreme strain. Human\u2011rights groups such as B\u2019Tselem have published reports arguing that Israeli policy in Gaza meets the legal threshold for genocide, a characterisation their report sets out in detail; Israeli authorities have vehemently rejected such accusations. Coverage of the crisis underlines both the scale of civilian suffering and the contested legal and political assessments surrounding it.<\/p>\n
Together For Palestine joins a string of artist\u2011led fundraising efforts aiming to translate public sympathy into immediate relief while using culture as a platform for political expression. The event website reiterates organisers\u2019 commitments to transparency and to routing proceeds through Palestinian partners, and press reports say additional names will be added to the bill in the coming weeks. For now, the producers are asking audiences to purchase tickets or donate directly to support the emergency response.<\/p>\n
Organisers frame the concert as a charitable intervention by the arts community; independent observers and human\u2011rights organisations continue to press for unfettered humanitarian access, accountability and legal clarity on the conduct of the war. Whether the event succeeds in raising substantial sums and spotlighting Palestinian civil society will depend on ticket sales and on the subsequent distribution and reporting of funds \u2014 matters the organisers and Choose Love say they will publish details about as the campaign progresses.<\/p>\n