Watch Sam Fender ship pro-Palestine speech at London Stadium present: “It breaks my coronary heart”

Sam Fender has given a passionate pro-Palestine speech throughout his present on the London Stadium – watch under.

He performed on the 82,500-capacity venue on Friday evening (June 6) as he kicked off his enormous UK summer season stadium tour. In addition to being his largest present to date, it was additionally his first stadium headline date exterior of his hometown of Newcastle.

He closed out the present with a efficiency of ‘Hypersonic Missiles’, the title observe of his 2019 debut album and a track that instantly references the bombing of civilians in Gaza.

Introducing the observe, he stated: “It breaks my coronary heart, and it’s most likely extra related now than it was then. I don’t know in case you’ve observed however we’ve acquired Docs With out Borders with us on the present tonight. They do unbelievable work on the market, they’re reputable, actual heroes who're on the market serving to the individuals, they usually’re gonna be with us on all of our summer season reveals.”

Referring to the individuals of Gaza, he added: “They’ve been subjected to a genocide. It has to cease, and we have to do every little thing that we will. Free Palestine.”

Watch right here:

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 #PeopleWatchingTour pic.twitter.com/8R18x9bSdo

— Sam Fender Each day (@dailyfender) June 6, 2025

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‘Hypersonic Missiles’ is a track that sees Fender reflecting on his personal rising consciousness of worldwide politics and his sense of helplessness on the state of the world. “I'm so blissfully unaware of every little thing / Children in Gaza are bombed and I’m simply out of it,” he sings on the observe. “The tensions of the world are rising greater / We’re most likely due one other struggle with all this ire”.

Throughout London on the identical evening, Large Assault performed a robust headline set at LIDO Pageant, the place they had been joined by actor and pro-Palestinian activist Khalid Abdalla, who gave a prolonged and impassioned speech calling for peace within the Center East and an instantaneous ceasefire in Gaza.

As for Fender, he was joined earlier in his set by Olivia Dean for a rendition of ‘Rein Me In’ from his newest album ‘Individuals Watching‘, marking the primary time the 2 singers have collaborated on stage.

Later within the present, Fender was additionally joined by the Easington Colliery Brass Band, who appeared on ‘Individuals Watching’ observe ‘Bear in mind My Identify’, to carry out the observe stay for the primary time. Upon the album’s launch, the band revealed that they’d saved their contribution a secret for 2 years.

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Fender is ready to play three enormous reveals in Newcastle at St James’ park later this month, and in August he’ll 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 here.

In a four-star assessment of ‘Individuals Watching’, Tilly Foulkes wrote for NME: “Reflective, analytical and weak, ‘Individuals Watching’ does precisely what the title might counsel: takes inventory of the characters, associates and family members who've made Fender the particular person he's right now. He approaches every observe with sensitivity as he appears again on his life to date – even perhaps with an inkling of guilt – and contemplates who he could also be subsequent.”

Though Fender dropped ‘Individuals Watching’ lower than three months in the past, he has hinted that he already has new music within the works and is “determined” to lean into extra of a punk-inspired sound.

There hasn’t been any official announcement of one other album but, however final month did see the discharge of fan favorite observe ‘Tyrants’ for the primary time. The track had beforehand solely been accessible as a part of the ‘Me And The Canine’ vinyl EP and on the seven-inch version of 2024 single ‘Individuals Watching’.

In different information, followers are speculating that Fender would possibly make a shock look at Glastonbury later this month.