U2 Bandmates Bono and The Edge Play Shock Present in a Kyiv Shelter

On Sunday, Bono and the Edge performed a brief set in a Kyiv bomb shelter that was as soon as a subway station, exhibiting assist for Ukraine. In a tweet submit from U2‘s official account, the duo stated 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 individuals 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 Occasions stories 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 individuals in Ukraine usually are not simply preventing on your personal freedom, you’re preventing for all of us who love freedom,” Bono advised the group. He additionally stated that Ukranians’ combat was resonating throughout the globe and that there was nowhere he’d somewhat be than within the nation’s capital metropolis.

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Final month, U2 participated in International Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine dwell stream. Throughout that, the band carried out “Stroll On” from 2000’s All That You Can’t Go away Behind. Beforehand, Bono wrote a poem expressing his assist of Ukraine.