Fontaines D.C. show “free Palestine” message at Primavera Sound and accuse Israel of genocide: “Use your voice”

Fontaines D.C. displayed signs calling for a “free Palestine” and accused Israel of genocide during their set at Primavera Sound 2025.

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The Dublin band played at the Parc Del Forum festival in Barcelona on Saturday night (June 7) and during ‘I Love You’ from 2022’s ‘Skinty Fia‘ near the end of the set, a giant Palestinian flag was projected onto the screen behind them and the words “free Palestine” appeared on the screens to the side of the stage.

Frontman Grian Chatten echoed the sentiment during the set, and as they brought the concert to a close with ‘Starburster’ from 2024’s ‘Romance’, another message appeared reading: “Israel is committing genocide – use your voice”.

Check out clips and images of the messages here:

fontaines dc speaking on palestine at primavera festival in front of 100k people. use your voice!!! pic.twitter.com/wdOOFkL8LP

— kiki ✮⋆˙ (@sehaniine) June 8, 2025

Fontaines DC at Primavera just now pic.twitter.com/0CH7OawPCT

— Daniel Lambert (@dlLambo) June 7, 2025

this is so important pic.twitter.com/FtCTmTKFCz

— carla★ saw tmc (@inmys1eep) June 7, 2025

THIS IS HOW YOU USE YOUR PLATFORM!!!!!!!!!!! FONTAINES DC EVERYBODY!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/BKY8W400sY

— julss ⭒ PRIMAVERA WEEK (@manicjulss) June 7, 2025

The band have been consistent in their support for the people of Palestine. Last year, they launched a football shirt with the Dublin club Bohemians FC that raised money for Medical Aid For Palestinians. It features the Palestinian flag and the words “Saoirse don Phalaistín” (Irish language for ‘Free Palestine’), and Greta Thunberg was recently seen wearing one. Visit here to buy yours.

Last summer, the band also donated their $2,000 (£1,565) prize from a viral music quiz to Doctors Without Borders “for Palestine”. The band later cancelled a scheduled show in Istanbul in solidarity with Palestine, saying that they “must be clear in our convictions”.

Chatten then explained why the group want to use their platform to speak out during an interview with NME – making a nod to the 12″ benefit single Fontaines released with Massive Attack and Young Fathers.

“It becomes incredibly tiring and disenfranchising, not just as a musician but as a young person, to be talking about and raising awareness,” he said. “At some point, you’ve got to do something that feels a bit more tangible, you know?

“It really is the responsibility of the masses, of artists, and anyone with a voice – which is most people nowadays – to do something, say something. Which side are you on?”

They are far from the only musicians to have used their voice to speak on behalf of Palestine recently: IDLES dedicated their own Primavera Sound set to the people of Gaza and the West Bank, leading the crowd in a chant of “Viva Palestina!”, while Sam Fender gave a passionate pro-Palestine speech during a London stadium show this week.

Massive Attack, meanwhile, played a powerful headline set at LIDO Festival in London on Friday (June 6), where they were introduced by the actor and pro-Palestine activist Khalid Abdalla, who gave an impassioned speech in which he called for peace in the Middle East and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

As the conflict escalates, Israel continues to deny any allegations of genocide or war crime.

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