Little Simz calls for moment of silence for people of Palestine as she kicks off 2023 UK tour
nme.comLittle Simz held a moment of silence for the people of Palestine during the first show of her UK tour in Manchester on Tuesday night (November 7).The current conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has been going on since Hamas launched an attack on October 7 that killed 1,400 Israelis.
Israel’s retaliatory attacks have claimed the lives of at least 10,812 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry.Now, the rapper took a moment during the gig at the O2 Victoria Warehouse to pay respect to those who died in the conflict. “I wanna take the time, if we can, to have a moment of silence for the people of Palestine please?” she is heard asking in fan-filmed footage.
The crowd are later shown chanting “FREE PALESTINE!”The show was the first in Simz’s current run of UK shows in support of her album ‘NO THANK YOU’, which came out late last year.A post shared by Mixtape Madness (@mixtapemadness)Check out the setlist and more footage of the gig below:Little Simz absolutely killed it last night pic.twitter.com/0LoogTwcc5— Stress Pie.
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