Fontaines D.C. invited a pro-Palestine group onto the stage at their slot at Roskilde 2025. Take a look at footage under.
The rock group took to the stage final night time (July 2) for an enormous set on the competition in Denmark, and introduced out a pro-Palestine activist group mid-performance to point out their solidarity with the individuals of Gaza.
The group led chants in each English and Arabic, and likewise praised Bob Vylan for his or her assist throughout their divisive slot at Glastonbury Competition final weekend.
In addition to encouraging the group to chant ‘Free Palestine’, one of many members of the group highlighted how some medial retailers have put restrictions on artists from talking out, and that their look at Roskilde was in an try to “keep away from the censorship from the media and discuss Palestine” (by way of Far Out).
Discover footage of the set under.
A bunch of Palestinian activists took the Orange Stage on the Roskilde Competition, invited by Irish band Fontaines D.C.
Carrying Palestinian flags and chanting in assist of freedom, the activists expressed solidarity and resistance amid ongoing requires an finish to the… pic.twitter.com/SgSskCK5gy
— ❀ N ✿ (@8zal) July 3, 2025
A robust second at Roskilde Competition — Palestinian activists joined Fontaines D.C. on the Orange Stage, elevating flags and voices for freedom. In a time of silence, #FreePalestine #VoicesForGazapic.twitter.com/hWU7WCV1I0
— Rowell the Watcher (@watcher_iam) July 3, 2025
#RoskildeFestival : Fontaines DC have introduced out a pro-Palestine activist group.#FreePalestine #PalestineAction pic.twitter.com/9ZvtTdvbtB
— تيسير البلبيسي (@Taysirbalbisi) July 3, 2025
🎥 Roskilde Competition: Fontaines DC carry out whereas displaying pro-Palestine message. pic.twitter.com/CwQigWqSEm
— Far Out Journal (@FarOutMag) July 2, 2025
The aforementioned Glastonbury slot from Bob Vylan pertains to the duo utilizing their time on the West Holts stage to voice their assist for Palestine, in addition to calling out the BBC, Israel, the US and UK governments and extra.
They projected a message studying “Free Palestine – United Nations have known as it a genocide – the BBC calls it a ‘battle’” onto the display screen behind them, and likewise led chants of each “free, free Palestine” and “demise, demise to the IDF”.
Glastonbury organisers would later subject an announcement, saying it was “appalled” by their “demise to the IDF” chants, and additional backlash got here from each Cupboard minister Wes Streeting and Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy, who stated that the BBC’s resolution to broadcast the efficiency exhibits “an issue of management”.
The US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau additionally described the actions as a “hateful tirade” and confirmed that the band have had their US visas revoked in consequence.
Others to have spoken out embody Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap, who nonetheless carried out at Glasto 25 regardless of calls from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chief of the Conservative Get together Kemi Badenoch to be faraway from the line-up resulting from their on stage feedback, and regardless of member Mo Chara appeared in court docket over an alleged terror offence regarding feedback relating to Palestine.
As for Fontaines, the band lately known as the police investigations into artists talking out in assist of Palestine “a witch hunt” and stated throughout an interview with NME that it “actually is the duty of anybody with a voice” to talk out in defence of the individuals in Gaza.
In August final yr, the band cancelled a gig in Istanbul in solidarity with Palestine, saying that “we have to be clear in our convictions,” and earlier this yr, they used their set at Primavera Sound to each name for a “free Palestine” and accuse Israel of genocide.
The band teamed up with Dublin’s Bohemians FC and designed a shirt to assemble funds for the individuals of Palestine. That acquired a brand new wave of consideration this summer time when activist Greta Thunberg was pictured carrying it in a video that raised consciousness for the ‘Freedom Flotilla‘ journey, wherein she and 11 different campaigners set sail for Gaza in an try to “break Israel’s siege”.
