Turnstile draw 60,000 to the Washington Monument and raise $220,000

Turnstile played a free benefit at the Washington Monument on Saturday, October 24, drawing an estimated 60,000 people. The Baltimore hardcore band staged the National Mall show with Human Concern International, with proceeds going to relief efforts in Palestine, Sudan, and Lebanon.

Organizers set a $100,000 target. By Sunday the fundraiser had passed $220,000. Brendan Yates, who grew up in Burtonsville, Maryland, led the band through a 19-song, 75-minute set and told the crowd, "This is a scene that raised us," before calling out, "Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Lebanon."

The date closes the latest leg of the NEVER ENOUGH TOUR, a year that already included the band's first two Grammys, among them Best Rock Album for NEVER ENOUGH, and their Saturday Night Live debut earlier in October.

Next is Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles in November, then the festival circuit in 2027.