Watch | U2's Bono and the Edge perform in Kyiv metro station, share stage with pop-rock band Antytila
2 years, 7 months ago

Watch | U2's Bono and the Edge perform in Kyiv metro station, share stage with pop-rock band Antytila

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According to the official Twitter handle of U2, the band members had been invited to perform by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people” Bono, frontman of legendary rock band U2, and his bandmate the Edge recently performed at the Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, sharing the stage with the country’s popular pop-rock band Antytila. According to the official Twitter handle of U2, the band members had been invited to perform by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people”. -- Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine — U2 May 8, 2022 The rock legends had also invited Antytila’s frontman Taras Topolia and other members of the pop-rock group to the event. The band also requested Bono to help Zelenskyy in arranging the evacuation of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, “where the Russians are arranging a literally hell, just right now.” The mill is the last bastion of resistance against Russian troops in the war-ravaged port city.

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