Paul Weller, Inhaler and more to play Gig For Gaza in London
Primal Scream and Maverick Sabre will also play Troxy to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Gaza Forever
Paul Weller, Inhaler and Primal Scream are among the artists set to play a Gig For Gaza in London later this year.
The show at Troxy on 17 October will also feature Maverick Sabre and guest speakers to be announced. Funds from the show will be donated directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Gaza Forever.
Curated by Weller, the show follows the first recent Gig For Gaza at Brixton Academy, which featured Kneecap and more and raised over £125,000 for the charities.
Gig For Gaza tickets go on sale on Friday, 1 August at 10am BST here and here. See the artwork for the show, designed by Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, below.
Earlier this month, Massive Attack announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band shared a statement on Instagram saying they hope help protect other artists from the “organised censorship” many have experienced after speaking out.
“The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description,” the band wrote. “We write as artists who’ve chose to use our public platforms to speak out agains the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK Government in facilitating it. Because of our expressions of conscience, we’ve been subject to various intimidations from within our industry (live & recorded) & legally via organised bodies such as UK Lawyers For Israel; whose range of activities has now finally been exposed in a new documentary film projected last night by the Led By Donkeys collective.”
Several others artists have put their support behind the initiative already, including Kneecap, Fontaines D.C., Brian Eno and Garbage.