"There were stars of music: Damon Albarn, Bastille, PinkPantheress, Hot Chip and a festival's worth of others. There were stars of stage and screen: Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Guy Pearce, Ramy Youssef and a huge supporting cast. There were the firebrands, the podcasters, the people you're sure are important but you have no idea why. And there were the people who, well, you don't really know what they're bringing: the former footballer Eric Cantona, the Love Island host Laura Whitmore, the Chicken Shop Dates YouTuber Amelia Dimoldenberg."
"There was no need for wandering through the crowd shaking buckets as well as the 500,000 or so raised by ticket sales (they all sold in two hours), Together for Palestine solicits online donations, and, like any good arena event, offered a vast array of merch designed by Ayham Hassan, Bella Freud, Katherine Hamnett, Priya Ahluwalia and other fashion stars, from the quotidian T-shirts to the inevitable keffiyehs."
An arena benefit at OVO Arena Wembley featured 69 artists, speakers and activists, including major musicians, actors and public figures. The lineup ranged from Damon Albarn and Hot Chip to Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh and Eric Cantona. Ticket sales raised around £500,000 after selling out in two hours, while organizers solicited online donations. A wide range of designer merchandise by Ayham Hassan, Bella Freud, Katherine Hamnett and Priya Ahluwalia ranged from T-shirts to keffiyehs, with online availability boosting revenue potential. Organizers anticipated substantial additional income from merch, making the event an efficient fundraising exercise with a modern, digitally enabled model.
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