A number of activists together with Greta Thunberg joined Sam Fender onstage in Denmark to name for a “Free Palestine” – take a look at footage of the second under.
Final night time (August 8), Fender headlined the second day of the Syd for Solen competition in Valbyparken park, enjoying a sequence of fan favourites together with ‘Seventeen Going Below’, ‘Howdon Aldi Demise Queue’ and extra, earlier than inviting a handful of particular company to the stage.
Introducing the ultimate music of the night time, ‘Hypersonic Missiles’, he informed the Copenhagen crowd he had written the observe – which incorporates the road: “I’m so blissfully unaware of every little thing/ Children in Gaza are bombed and I’m simply out of it” – again in 2018, stated it was now extra related than ever, per Danish outlet Gaffa.
“I’ve a particular visitor with me immediately,” he stated, as local weather activist Thunberg walked onto the stage alongside different activists, together with Selma de Montgomery, a UNICEF ambassador and a part of the Inexperienced Youth Motion, and Roba Al-Sharkawi.
A big Palestinian flag was projected on the display, with a microphone handed round among the many activists as they prompted chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “From the river to the ocean, Palestine can be free”.
“The Danish authorities is responsible of the struggling that’s escalating day-to-day in Gaza and in the remainder of Palestine,” stated Selma de Montgomery, per Gaffa. “They’re responsible after they repeatedly make the devastating and deeply radical decisions of not placing an finish to the Danish arms commerce with Israel.”
Sam Fender at Syd for Solen 2025 performed:
‘Getting Began’
‘Will We Speak?’
‘Arm’s Size’
‘The Borders’
‘Howdon Aldi Demise Queue’
‘Tyrants’
‘Crumbling Empire’
‘Individuals Watching’
‘Spit of You’
‘Seventeen Going Below’
‘Hypersonic Missiles’
The gig marked Fender’s first present again after he was pressured to drag performances at Rock Werchter, Down The Rabbit Gap, NOS Alive, and the Montreux Jazz Pageant resulting from a vocal haemorrhage.
Information of the cancelled reveals adopted him wrapping a big UK summer time stadium tour, which included three homecoming gigs at St. James’ Park that reportedly boosted the native financial system by £16.5million.
Right now at Sam’s present @GretaThunberg was current speaking about Palestine! 🇵🇸
FREE PALESTINE pic.twitter.com/muN9wOmHWs— Sam Fender Day by day (@dailyfender) August 8, 2025
The sold-out reveals made Fender the primary Geordie artist to headline the stadium, and noticed him carry out AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and pay tribute to Bruce Springsteen.
This month, Fender will play three huge out of doors gigs in Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast, in addition to high the invoice at Eire’s Electrical Picnic. Discover any remaining tickets for Fender’s UK and Eire headline dates right here.
In a four-star evaluation of his most up-to-date album, ‘Individuals Watching’, NME shared: “Reflective, analytical and weak, ‘Individuals Watching’ does precisely what the title could recommend: takes inventory of the characters, mates and family members who’ve made Fender the individual he’s immediately. He approaches every observe with sensitivity as he seems again on his life thus far – maybe even with an inkling of guilt – and contemplates who he could also be subsequent.”
In different information, Fender is at the moment a favorite to headline Glastonbury 2027.
