U2’s Bono and The Edge perform in Kyiv bomb shelter

The pair were invited by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give an acoustic concert in a subway station repurposed as a bomb shelter

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U2 band members Bono and The Edge yesterday (8 May) delivered an acoustic concert in one of Kyiv’s subway stations that have been repurposed as a bomb shelter.

According to a post from the band’s official social media, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky invited the pair to play in his country, which has been fending off an invasion by Russia since 24 February.

According to the Irish Times, the musicians started the set with ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ as the sound…

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