Rosalía has appeared by surprise on the stage of the Palau Sant Jordi – which she has not set foot on since 2022 – to sing The pearl at the charity concert of the ActxPalestine organization, a platform that brings together the main Palestinian human rights entities.
“Today, especially, it is an honor to be on this stage,” said the Catalan artist during her performance. Rosalía’s presence is the icing on the cake of a protest act that already included a long list of renowned artists. From Amaia to Morad and from Fermín Muguruza to Oques Grasses, more than twenty artists, including Palestinian guests, have acted to demand a definitive end to the violence in Gaza.
The concert, which started at 8:00 p.m., is carried out by the organization ActxPalestine, a platform that brings together the main Palestinian human rights entities, and which also promoted the Catalunya-Palestine soccer match at the Lluís Companys Stadium in the Catalan capital. Its objective is to continue the action started by the Global Summud Flotilla, which set sail from Barcelona to Gaza and was intercepted by Israel.
The concert poster had nothing to envy of the big festivals. Without Rosalía, the list already included Amaia, Morad, Fermín Muguruza, Oques Grasses, Ana Tijoux, Lluís Llach, Bad Gyal, Clara Peya, La Zowi, Guillem Gisbert, Mushka… Among the Palestinian voices, there are Zeyne or Lina Makoul. All profits from the concert will go to support the cultural projects of the Palestinian Performing Arts Network, which finances and promotes activities in different areas of the Palestinian territory.
“It is an intergenerational poster, where people of the most diverse ages will be able to recognize themselves in the musicians who perform,” said Abel González, one of those responsible for the artistic direction of Primavera Sound and who was in charge of recruiting for this concert.
Last summer Rosalía was involved in a controversy, when designer Miguel Adrover refused to dress her for not having publicly taken a stand in defense of Palestine. The musician responded from her social networks, assuring: “The fact that I have not used my platform in a way that is aligned with the style or expectations of others does not mean at all that I do not condemn what is happening in Palestine.”
