{"id":1468126,"date":"2022-05-08T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468126"},"modified":"2022-05-08T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T17:59:39","slug":"u2s-bono-performs-freedom-concert-in-kyiv-metro-to-support-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u2s-bono-performs-freedom-concert-in-kyiv-metro-to-support-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"U2\u2019s Bono Performs Freedom Concert In Kyiv Metro To Support Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu2s-bono-performs-freedom-concert-in-kyiv-metro-to-support-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-68.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U2 lead singer Bono and guitarist The Edge performed at a metro station in Ukraine\u2019s capital of Kyiv on Sunday to support the nation as Russia continues its ongoing invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour president leads the world in the cause of freedom right now \u2026 The people of Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you\u2019re fighting for all of us who love freedom,\u201d Bono told the audience inside the Khreshchatyk metro station, according to Reuters, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis evening, 8th of May, shots will ring out in the Ukraine sky, but you\u2019ll be free at last. They can take your lives, but they can never take your pride,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise concert came following an invitation to Bono by Zelensky, according to a Twitter post from U2\u2019s verified account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">President\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@ZelenskyyUa <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that\u2019s what we\u2019ve come to do,\u201d the account tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZelenskyyUa<\/a> invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that\u2019s what we\u2019ve come to do. \u2014 Bono and The Edge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U2 (@U2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/U2\/status\/1523264383065141250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Twitter account called \u201cGood morning, Ukraine\u201d posted a brief video from the performance alongside Ukrainian musical artist Taras Topola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyiv metro. Just the legendary Bono from the band U2 sings with Taras Topola. We are unbreakable. We are invincible. The whole world supports us. Glory to Ukraine!\u201d it tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyiv metro.  Just the legendary Bono from the band U2 sings with Taras Topola.<br \/>We are unbreakable.  We are invincible.  The whole world supports us.<br \/>Glory to Ukraine!  \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bono?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bono<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/U2?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#U2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Artists?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Artists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7QqoQ1jVtr\">pic.twitter.com\/7QqoQ1jVtr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Good morning, Ukraine (@good_ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/good_ukraine\/status\/1523269894346838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bono also encouraged his audience by referring to his own nation\u2019s conflicts in Ireland during the performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom,\u201d Bono <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ukraine\/2022\/0508\/1296762-bono-ukraine-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pray that you will enjoy some of that peace soon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>U2 previously served as part of the Stand Up for Ukraine effort that led to more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/info\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$10.1 billion<\/a> in grants and loans on behalf of the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brave people of\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Ukraine<\/span> are fighting for their freedom \u2014 and for ours \u2014 in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion,\u201d U2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/u2-bono-the-edge-acoustic-set-kyiv-bomb-shelter-1350428\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last month. \u201cMore than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives \u2014 a population nearly the size of Ireland. World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukrainians now \u2026 those who are fighting and those who have fled \u2026 and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event also took place just one day after Russian forces bombed a school that had been converted into a shelter in an eastern Ukraine village Saturday, leaving up to 60 people dead or missing.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/up-to-60-feared-dead-after-russia-bombs-ukrainian-school-converted-into-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that rescuers were frantically digging through the rubble in Berestove Sunday, hoping to find survivors following the airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>The attack could prove to be one of the deadliest in the two-and-a-half-month invasion. Survivors told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/up-to-60-feared-dead-after-russia-bombs-school-in-eastern-ukraine\/ar-AAX2NAx?ocid=uxbndlbing\">The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0dozens of people were huddled in the basement of the Bilohorivka school when it was hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are only twelve of us left alive,\u201d a patient told the newspaper from a hospital in the nearby town of Bakhmut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d been inside that basement for a month,\u201d a 57-year-old woman told the Post. \u201cWe were eating dinner when it happened. We didn\u2019t know what hit us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 lead singer Bono and guitarist The Edge performed at a metro station in Ukraine\u2019s capital of Kyiv on Sunday to support the nation as Russia continues its ongoing invasion.\u201cYour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1482037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}