U2 brings message of equality and non-violence to Mumbai during final Joshua Tree tour performance

U2 had previously performed in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines as part of their Joshua Tree tour. At the last leg of their 2019 Joshua Tree tour, Irish rock band U2 performed at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on 15 December, a feat that took them almost forty years. The sun had already set as the band hopped on stage around 7.30 pm against the background displaying a shadow of the Joshua tree, the seminal album’s namesake. We are students and you are our teachers.” Bono even treated the audience to Plastic Ono Band’s ‘Give Peace a Chance’ before reminding everybody, “Let’s make this prayer in the dark: all we are saying is give peace a chance.” Finally, the singer proceeded to tackle tracks from the Joshua Tree album. Bono called this philosophy of non-violence preached by Mahatma Gandhi, “India’s greatest gift to the world.” Accompanying the song were pictures of women like Rana Ayyub, Greta Thurnberg, Gauri Lankesh, Karuna Nundy, who are revolutionaries in their fields.