Bono and the Edge perform from Kyiv bomb shelter in 'show of solidarity' with Ukrainians
The U2 members posted to Twitter that the Ukrainian President had invited them to perform. Credit: Good morning, Ukraine Twitter (@good_ukraine)
Bono and the Edge travelled to an underground station in Kyiv which is being used as a bomb shelter today, after being invited to sing by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
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 do,” they said, adding a hashtag #StandWithUkraine.
President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do. -- Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine
— U2 (@U2) May 8, 2022
Videos posted to social media show the pair performing the likes of With or Without You and Sunday Bloody Sunday in Kryschatek metro station. Other videos show the pair performing the song Stand By Me alongside Ukrianian soldiers.
Bono told the small assembled crowd that the people of Ukraine were not just fighting for their own freedom, but also “for all of us who love freedom”.
Kyiv metro. Just the legendary Bono from the band U2 sings with Taras Topola.
— Good morning 🦅🟠 $FF (@good_ukraine) May 8, 2022
We are unbreakable. We are invincible. The whole world supports us.
Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦#Bono #U2 #StandWithUkraine #Artists pic.twitter.com/7QqoQ1jVtr
“We want you to know that there’s nowhere in the world we’d rather be than the great city of Kyiv,” he said.
