‘If you don’t make a stand now, when would you?’: inside the Together for Palestine concert

It’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a trail of people draped in black and white keffiyeh scarves, Palestine flags and Free Palestine slogan T-shirts begin to trickle into Wembley Arena. In the foyer of the venue, 56-year-old Kiran has just arrived from her home in Milton Keynes.

“I’d never protested in my life before October 2023,” she says. “It’s been so horrific to see what’s happening in Gaza, I felt I had to do something since if you don’t make a stand now, when would you ever? Things might feel futile but this is a way to show the world we care and that we stand together more than we are torn apart.”

Kiran is one of the 12,500 people attending Together for Palestine, a marathon four-hour musical and activist fundraising event for the civilians currently undergoing the horrors of war and genocide in Gaza. The brainchild of producer and composer Brian Eno, tonight’s concert has been 18 months in the making and its tickets sold out after only two hours. The evening features over 70 performers raising funds for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, Palestinian Medical Relief Society and charity Taawon.

Read the feature in the Guardian.

[This piece was published on 18/09/25]