TO COINCIDE WITH PEACE ONE DAY’S LANDMARK LIVESTREAM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST
Sunday 21 September 2025, 1:00 PM BST | Streaming live at peaceoneday.org
Legendary songwriter, musician, producer, innovator and co-founder of the globally celebrated
duo Eurythmics, Dave Stewart and songwriter, producer, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist
Daryl Hall are proud to announce that this year’s annual Peace One Day Celebration digital
broadcast will be marked by the world premiere performance of the anthem, Peace One Day – in
support of non-profit organisation Peace One Day. The song will be released exclusively
through the Stewart-backed platform SongBits on Friday September 19th.
Listen to Peace One Day HERE
Watch an exclusive clip of the forthcoming video HERE
SongBits, the platform co-founded by Dave Stewart, alongside entrepreneur Russell Sheffield,
leverages cutting-edge blockchain technology, and gives fans the opportunity to own a “bit” of
their favourite songs and share in the royalties. In the case of Peace One Day all the proceeds
will go to the nonprofit organisation Peace One Day.
The anthemic, poignant guitar and piano lead duet, is co-written, produced and performed by
Stewart and Hall, and features Australian powerhouse singer and Dave Stewart Eurythmics
vocalist Vanessa Amorosi, guitarist Peter Frampton and the London Community Gospel
Choir. The song embodies unity, hope, and humanity’s collective yearning for peace. Stewart
and Hall, long-time musical pioneers and collaborators as well as Peace One Day
Ambassadors, have joined forces on this historic track and will appear at the Peace One Day
virtual concert on September 21st where they will debut the anthem live during this global
broadcast on Sunday 21 September 2025 at 1:00 PM BST at peaceoneday.org.
Peace Day 2025 will be marked by this historic digital broadcast celebration, and will
feature several performances and speeches from the likes of Dave Stewart Eurythmics
feat. Vanessa Amorosi, Daryl Hall, Emeli Sande, Basement Jaxx, Sir Richard
Branson, Jude Law, Dr Bernice King (daughter of Martin Luther King) and founder
Jeremy Gilley MBE. The Peace One Day initiative is also supported by anti gun violence
organisation Artists For Action – whose members include Billie Eilish, Sheryl Crow,
Patti Smith and Nile Rogers, as well as Stewart and Hall.
Peace One Day Ambassador Dave Stewart shares: “This global stream is a powerful act
of unity. At a time of unprecedented global suffering, we must come together — beyond
borders, beyond politics, beyond creed — to take a stand for peace. I’m honoured to be
part of it. I’m honoured to share this message with Daryl and with millions around the
world.”
The release of Peace One Day comes at a critical moment. In 2025, more wars are raging than
at any time since the Second World War, with over two billion people living in conflict zones. The
song will serve as the unifying soundtrack of Peace Day, a day unanimously adopted by the
United Nations in 2001 as a global annual day of ceasefire and non-violence.
Since its founding in 1999 by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley MBE, Peace One Day has worked
tirelessly to institutionalise and promote September 21st as a day of ceasefire and
non-violence, unanimously adopted by the United Nations in 2001. Through major broadcast
events, campaigns, and partnerships across education, sport, climate, and business, Peace
One Day has inspired millions to participate and helped generate measurable reductions in
violence on this date.
The Peace One Day Celebration 2025 digital broadcast is a timely and urgent rallying cry –
connecting humanity beyond borders, beyond politics, beyond creed – to inspire awareness and
action on the UN International Day of Peace.
Hosted by Laura Whitmore and Jeremy Gilley MBE, the livestream will feature world-class
performances and powerful contributions from peacebuilders, activists, and changemakers.
Alongside the debut of the Peace One Day Anthem, the musical line-up includes:
Musical Line-Up (more to be announced):
Dave Stewart Eurythmics Feat. Vanessa Amorosi
Daryl Hall
Emile Sande
Basement Jaxx
Peter Frampton
Boris Grebenshikov
Innoss’B
NK | Nastya Kamenskykh
Emmanuel Kelly
Nadirah X
Ashley Wallbridge
Jack & Daisy
Young Voices
London Community Gospel Choir
Live Contributions:
Jude Law
Sir Richard Branson
Dia Mirza
Nadhim Zahawi
The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa & Pastor James Wuye
Melissa Fleming
Norbert Stute
Ahmad Fawzi
Mark Barden
Matthew Reich
This year’s broadcast will mark the World’s Largest Global Call for Peace, streaming live to
millions worldwide. From every corner of the planet, voices will unite to inform, inspire, and
engage – raising awareness of Peace Day and driving real action towards a more peaceful
world.
Speaking on The Peace One Day Celebration, founder Jeremy Gilley MBE shares:
“Our mission is clear — to raise awareness and manifest action on Peace Day. This is the day where
more people think about peace than any other day of the year. It’s also the day we see the
largest recorded reduction in violence globally. This live transmission is vital to that impact.
Dave and Daryl’s anthem is the call to action we’ve always wanted—it’s incredible and the
proceeds will make a massive difference. Peace One Day is so grateful”
Date: Sunday 21st September 2025
Time: 1:00 PM BST
Streaming Live at: peaceoneday.org
Enquiries: info@peaceoneday.org
About Peace One Day
Filmmaker and indefatigable campaigner Jeremy Gilley founded Peace One Day in 1999 to
establish an annual Peace Day with a fixed calendar date and document the process. In 2001,
Peace One Day’s efforts were rewarded when UN member states unanimously adopted the first
ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September – Peace Day.
Peace One Day’s overarching objective is to ensure that people are aware of the day and that
all sectors of society engage in its peaceful observance and celebration.
Over the past two decades, Peace One Day has led high-profile campaigns in sport,
education, the environment, and business, and has produced 38 major broadcast
celebrations, featuring artists such as Sir Elton John, Akon, Annie Lennox, Lenny Kravitz,
Youssou N’Dour, Yusuf Islam, Peter Gabriel, Patti Smith, Bryan Adams, John Legend,
Dave Stewart, and Jimmy Cliff.
Independent reports suggest that in recent years on September 21st there has been a 15%
decrease in deaths compared to other days of the year, demonstrating the day’s tangible
impact.
Peace One Day, the anthem, is released on SongBits on Friday September 19th 2025 – see
SongBits.com
The Peace One Day global broadcast takes place on Sunday 21 September 2025, 1:00 PM BST |
Streaming live at peaceoneday.org