On Sunday, Bono and the Edge performed a brief set in a Kyiv bomb shelter that was as soon as a subway station, displaying help for Ukraine. In a tweet submit from U2‘s official account, the duo mentioned that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited them to carry out there.
President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to carry out in Kyiv as a present of solidarity with the Ukrainian folks and in order that’s what we’ve come to do. — Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine
— U2 (@U2) May 8, 2022
Of their brief set, The Irish Instances experiences that the duo carried out “With or With out You,” “Want,” “Angel of Harlem,” “Vertigo” and a rendition of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.” The U2 bandmates carried out the duvet with a Ukrainian soldier and adjusted the “me” in “Stand By Me” with “Ukraine.” All through the set, Bono and The Edge had been joined by native musicians, together with Topolia who’s serving within the nation’s army.
“The folks in Ukraine should not simply combating to your personal freedom, you might be combating for all of us who love freedom,” Bono instructed the gang. He additionally mentioned that Ukranians’ struggle was resonating throughout the globe and that there was nowhere he’d slightly be than within the nation’s capital metropolis.
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Final month, U2 participated in World Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine dwell stream. Throughout that, the band carried out “Stroll On” from 2000’s All That You Can’t Depart Behind. Beforehand, Bono wrote a poem expressing his help of Ukraine.
