INNER MUSIC EST 2011

 Bono and the Edge perform in a Ukraine subway station. Editor Katie Watkin's 8/5/22 U2's frontman Bono, and bandmate the Edge have performed a 40-minute concert in a subway station in Kyiv and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.  Bono said  “Your president leads the world in the cause of freedom right now … the people of Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you’re fighting for all of us.   Russia have now 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. Russia is continuing to carry out missile strikes across Ukraine, some life has returned to Kyiv even though air raid sirens sound regularly.   Bono and the edge rallied the crowd between songs during his performance.  Bon said  “This evening, 8 May, shots will ring out in the Ukraine sky, but you’ll be free at last. They ca...

  Sting  - 6 Night Sold Out Shows At London Palladium – still great doesn’t he just know it Editor Steve Hart 24/4/22 Pop Icon Sting - still shows he can pull in the crowd. After he sold out 6 shows at the London Palladium.  Ex police singer opens his set with Russians, a 1985 single about the cold war which he reworked and reissued to raise funds for a Ukraine relief charity Sting told the crowd “I’ve hardly played it in years, because I thought it wasn’t relevant any more,” he sighs. “But, in light of recent events …” Accompanied only by a Ukrainian cellist, Yaroslava Trofymchuk, the black-pleather-clad 70-year-old singer sings the song’s chorus and earnest central message:  “Russians love their children too.” He cautions us: “Don’t forget, a lot of brave Russians are protesting against this war.” It could be mawkish, but Sting carries it off through his evident sincerity and, primarily, its haunting melody, pulled in part from Prokofiev. Sting has always been a di...