Sunday May 8, the singer of U2 gave a concert in the subway of kyiv, and praises the “fight of Ukraine for freedom”. Narrative.
The scene that unfolded in the corridors of the kyiv metro Sunday May 8 was for the least unusual. bonosinger of U2went to one of the stations of the Ukrainian metro to sing, after being invited there by the Ukrainian president Volodymir Zelensky. The unexpected appearance came as air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital and fighting raged in the east of the country.
Accompanied by guitarist The Edge, the rock star has performed several of his hits in this station which has become a bomb shelter since the Russian invasion. Faced with a small group of fans, including members of the Ukrainian army, he took up the classics of U2 such as “Sunday Bloody Sunday», “Longed for or “With or Without You». He also invited a Ukrainian soldier to sing with him, and called on the world to support Ukraine by covering “Stand By Me”.
Beyond his musical performance, bono praised Ukraine’s fight for freedom at the concert and also said his own prayer for peace, as reported by Le Temps. “The people in Ukraine are not only fighting for your freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom, ”he said in particular between two songs. It’s not the first time that bono performs such an action. A long-time humanitarian activist, he frequently lends his voice to various causes.