Fact Check: Did Mick Jagger Lead a Tribute for Charlie Kirk During His New York Concert?

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A viral claim has been mak­ing the rounds on social media, alleg­ing that Rolling Stones front­man Mick Jag­ger paused his band’s Sep­tem­ber 2025 con­cert in New York City to hold a moment of silence for con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Char­lie Kirk.

The rumor began spread­ing in the days after Kirk’s fatal shoot­ing at Utah Val­ley Uni­ver­si­ty on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 10, fuel­ing heat­ed debates online. Some posts even includ­ed fab­ri­cat­ed quotes attrib­uted to Jag­ger, while oth­ers shared edit­ed con­cert footage sug­gest­ing that such a trib­ute took place.

How­ev­er, no cred­i­ble news out­lets or con­cert­go­ers have report­ed any such ges­ture. Offi­cial footage and fan videos from the show show no moment of silence or men­tion of Kirk. The Rolling Stones’ rep­re­sen­ta­tives have also not issued any state­ment link­ing the band to the trib­ute.

This isn’t the first time celebri­ty names have been tied to false trib­utes or polit­i­cal events on social media. Experts warn that high-pro­file tragedies often give rise to mis­in­for­ma­tion, as false nar­ra­tives spread quick­ly before fact-check­ers can inter­vene.

Did Mick Jag­ger Pause His New York Show for Char­lie Kirk?

Posts on Face­book and X claimed that Mick Jag­ger paused a Rolling Stones con­cert in a “packed are­na” of 20,000 fans on Sep­tem­ber 12 to hon­or both con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Char­lie Kirk and the vic­tims of 9/11.

Some users cir­cu­lat­ed alleged screen­shots sug­gest­ing Jag­ger had con­demned the pub­lic reac­tion to Kirk’s death, while oth­ers quot­ed him as say­ing, “I’ve nev­er wit­nessed any­thing this sick.” These posts quick­ly gained trac­tion, draw­ing thou­sands of shares and fuel­ing heat­ed polit­i­cal argu­ments online.

How­ev­er, fact-check­ers have found no cred­i­ble evi­dence sup­port­ing these claims. Nei­ther con­cert footage nor first­hand attendee accounts cor­rob­o­rate the alleged trib­ute. Fur­ther­more, no major media out­lets report­ed on such an event, despite the high-pro­file nature of both the band and the sup­posed remarks.

Ana­lysts note that the blend­ing of real tragedies, such as the Sep­tem­ber 11 anniver­sary, with fab­ri­cat­ed celebri­ty state­ments is a com­mon tac­tic used to give mis­in­for­ma­tion more cred­i­bil­i­ty. Social media plat­forms have become fer­tile ground for such rumors, which often spread faster than cor­rec­tions or clar­i­fi­ca­tions.

In short, while the posts appeared con­vinc­ing to some, the claims about Jag­ger hon­or­ing Kirk and 9/11 vic­tims remain unfound­ed and mis­lead­ing.

Fact Check: Viral Posts About Mick Jagger’s Trib­ute to Char­lie Kirk Are Fals

There is no evi­dence that Mick Jag­ger held a moment of silence or com­ment­ed pub­licly on Kirk’s death. The Rolling Stones last toured in sum­mer 2024, and mul­ti­ple con­cert sched­ule sites, includ­ing Seat­Geek, Jam­Base, and Song­kick con­firmed Jag­ger had no shows in Sep­tem­ber 2025.

His offi­cial web­site like­wise list­ed no ongo­ing tour dates.

As for the spe­cif­ic claim of a New York City con­cert on Sep­tem­ber 12, Madi­son Square Gar­den host­edKali Uchis, while Anuel AA per­formed at Bar­clays Cen­ter that same evening. Nei­ther venue had Jag­ger sched­uled.

Addi­tion­al­ly, a Google search for “Mick Jag­ger Char­lie Kirk trib­ute” turned up no cred­i­ble reports. The quotes attrib­uted to Jag­ger on X could not be found on his ver­i­fied account and appear to have been fab­ri­cat­ed.

Jag­ger did not hold a moment of silence for Kirk in New York City, nor has he pub­licly com­ment­ed on Kirk’s death. The claims orig­i­nat­ed entire­ly from false social media posts

Char­lie Kirk shot dur­ing Utah Col­lege event

Con­ser­v­a­tive activist and Turn­ing Point USA founder Char­lie Kirk has died at the age of 31 after being shot dur­ing a cam­pus appear­ance at Utah Val­ley Uni­ver­si­ty on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 10. 

News of Kirk’s death was first con­firmed by Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in a state­ment on Truth Social. Kirk had been host­ing one of his well-known “Prove Me Wrong” ses­sions, part of his Amer­i­can Come­back Tour, when the attack unfold­ed. Video cir­cu­lat­ing online showed the 31-year-old field­ing a ques­tion beneath a white pop-up tent when a shot rang out, strik­ing him in the neck.