Eric Clapton concert film to raise funds for children of Gaza
An online, taped concert from December by legendary British rocker Eric Clapton went online Wednesday in a benefit to raise funds for the children of Gaza, his website announced. Proceeds from tickets to the online broadcast – called To Save A Child – will be earmarked for aid relief to Gaza, which has been the target of Israel’s war against Hamas since the October 7 massacre.
Before a small audience, Clapton performs with a guitar painted in the Palestinian flag colors. The set included “Tears In Heaven,” “Got To Get Better In A Little While,” and George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” featuring Dhani Harrison, George’s son.
During the concert, Clapton didn’t mention the more than 130 hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas since the terrorist organization captured them more than three months ago.
The show, available in the US and UK, will be rebroadcast on Thursday in Australia and Asia.
In November, Clapton released a new song, accompanied by a video featuring images of extensive destruction in the Gaza Strip and pro-Palestinian protests around the world. Called “Voice of a Child,” the song overlooks the October 7 massacre by Hamas, when the terrorist group invaded Israel’s South and brutally slaughtered 1,400 people, sparking the war.
Clapton, who has performed in Israel in the past, last year endorsed a petition denouncing the Frankfurt City Council’s decision to cancel Roger Waters’s concert. The council cited Waters’s antisemitic and anti-Israel statements, which factored into its decision.