Bono

2022 - 5 - 8

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Irish Times"

Bono and The Edge hold surprise concert at Kyiv bomb shelter (The Irish Times)

Ukrainian soldier performs on stage with U2 stars after Zelenskiy invitation.

I trust in the younger people in Russia to throw this man out of his office, that is so high and is so low, right now.” “It’s some good emotions, that’s all,” said a member of the Ukrainian territorial forces in the audience. Bono and the Edge were later pictured visiting Bucha and Irpin, two areas where alleged Russian war crimes took place. -- Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine May 8, 2022 They can take your lives, but they can never take your pride,” he said. Bono rallied the crowd between songs during his performance.

Bono and the Edge perform from Kyiv bomb shelter in 'show of ... (Irish Examiner)

The U2 members posted to Twitter that Mr Zelensky had invited them to perform as a “show of solidarity” with the Ukrainian people. “So that's what we've come to ...

Other videos show the pair performing the song Stand By Me alongside Ukrianian soldiers. -- Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine May 8, 2022 We are unbreakable.

Bono says he trusts young Russians to throw Putin out of office after ... (Sky News)

The U2 frontman said the conflict in Ukraine was "one man's war really" as he surveyed the devastation of one town occupied for weeks by Russian forces.

The Edge, standing alongside Bono outside the Ukrainian capital, told reporters: "Musicians and poets and writers do have a part to play. The U2 frontman said the conflict in Ukraine was "one man's war really" as he surveyed the devastation of one town occupied for weeks by Russian forces. "We're not politicians. is how many Ukrainians died fighting fascism, fighting the Nazis: nearly eight million. He said that "younger people in Russia will know what's going on" and that he trusts "in the younger people in Russia to throw this man" out of office. In an apparent reference to Putin, who has claimed he invaded Ukraine to "de-nazify" the country, the U2 frontman said the conflict was "one man's war really".

U2's Bono and the Edge perform in Ukraine subway station (The Guardian)

Two members of Irish rock group hail Ukrainians for 'fighting for all of us who love freedom'

“This evening, 8 May, shots will ring out in the Ukraine sky, but you’ll be free at last. Russia pushed on towards Kyiv after invading Ukraine on 24 February before withdrawing its forces from near the capital at the end of March to concentrate its forces in the east of the country. Bono, the frontman of the Irish rock group U2 and his bandmate the Edge have performed a 40-minute concert in a subway station in Kyiv and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.

U2's Bono performs in Kyiv bomb shelter (Politico)

The Irish singer has tweeted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and ...

He was joined by another singer in Ukrainian military fatigues. The singer said he was there to show solidarity. Bono, alongside guitarist the Edge, sang the Ben E. King classic “Stand By Me” in the Khreschatyk metro station.

Bono and the Edge perform in Ukraine amid Russian invasion (Los Angeles Times)

U2 singer Bono performed Sunday at a Kyiv underground subway station being used as a bomb shelter in a show of support for Ukrainians enduring the Russian ...

Bono is the latest rock star to show his support for Ukrainians since Russia launched its invasion earlier this year. Another musician dressed in a Ukrainian military uniform — identified by various media outlets as Taras Topolia of the band Antytila — sang with Bono. Bono tweeted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited him and the Edge “to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do.” Bono added the hashtag #StandWithUkraine.