The Rolling Stones, Pink and U2 ‘asked to perform at concert in support of Ukraine’
Big acts like Pink, The Rolling Stones, The Killers and U2 have been reported to be performing at a Live Aid-style concert this summer in support of Ukraine.
As their brutal war with Russia continues after more than a year of conflict, mega stars and bands are lining up to create a benefit concert on June 24, dubbed ‘Lviv Aid’ in honor of one of the Ukrainian cities that has been attacked, he reports. Sun.
The concert will be televised around the world in a bid to send a strong message to Putin, and the publication reports that big names like Adele, Sir Paul McCartney and Noel Gallagher are likely to come along as well.
One source said: ‘It’s going to be huge, properly A-list and on a global scale.
It’s something people have wanted to do for a while, but now a date at Wembley Stadium has been set and booked.
Concert: Big acts like Pink, The Rolling Stones (pictured), The Killers and U2 have reportedly been asked to perform at a Live Aid-style concert this summer in support of Ukraine.
Charity: As their brutal war with Russia continues after more than a year of conflict, mega stars and bands are lining up to create a benefit concert on June 24, The Sun reports (Pink shown)
“For bands like U2 and Bono, who are quite outspoken about their views on war and conflict, it feels like a great opportunity to continue to stress the gravity of the situation in Ukraine.
“An event of this size can also put real political pressure on the Russians.”
The source added that certain big acts would be dropped as the summer date clashes with the Glastonbury music festival.
Live Aid was held at the same London venue to raise money for the victims of the 1985 Ethiopian famine.
Livewire Pictures is reportedly one of the planners behind the event. They helped organize a benefit concert with ITV last March for Ukraine that raised £13 million, as well as the 2017 One Love Manchester concert.
Last week marked one year since the bloody conflict began.
February 24, 2022 was a day that changed everything: death rained from the sky, explosions lit up the dawn, Russian tanks battered the Ukrainian border, and 200,000 pairs of boots marched on their cities.
It was a day that millions had feared, and millions more doubted would ever come.
Huge: The concert will be televised around the world in a bid to send a strong message to Putin, and the publication reports that big names like Adele, Sir Paul McCartney and Noel Gallagher (U2 pictured) are likely to come along too
Bands: Source Said: ‘It’s Going To Be Huge, Properly A-List And Worldwide’ (The Killers Shown)
It was the day that Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. And in the year that has passed since that fateful moment, nothing has stayed the same.
Nearly half a million soldiers on both sides are dead, missing or wounded, torn apart by bullets and bombs on battlefields eerily reminiscent of World War I and World War II.
Tens of thousands of civilians have perished as missiles from Moscow hit hospitals and homes. More than eight million have fled to Europe as refugees and millions more have been forcibly deported to Russia through filtration camps.
The damage bill currently stands at $700 billion and continues to rise.
The conflict has reverberated around the world. It has seen energy prices skyrocket in Europe. It has caused food shortages in Africa and the Middle East. Inflation has tightened the strings of the portfolio from America to Asia. Now a global recession is looming.
What was supposed to be a three-day ‘special military operation’ to overthrow the Ukrainian government, divide the country and re-establish Russia as a world power has dragged on for twelve bloody and brutal months. And there is no end in sight.
Vladimir Putin, who once ruled Russia without dispute, is weakened, humiliated and facing the worst crisis in his two-decade rule.
He is forced to buy drones and ammunition from North Korea and Iran. He is kept looking forward to matches with the likes of Turkey, Qatar and Tajikistan. Even China, which promised “unlimited” friendship before the war, shies away from doing business with him.
His health has visibly deteriorated: he grabs the edges of the table for support, moves his hands and fidgets with his feet. It is rumored that she is terminally ill with blood cancer, bowel cancer, or Parkinson’s disease.
The Russian economy rests on a thin layer of ice, weighed down by sanctions that threaten to break it. Potential successors circulate, biding their time: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, spy chief Nikolai Patrushev, Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.
Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian who appeared as a footnote in one of Trump’s impeachment scandals, has become an internationally recognized war hero, mentioned in the same breath as Churchill.
The West, led by the US and the UK, has put aside old divisions, overcome fear and united in a way that most people, especially Putin, did not think possible.
Big names: Adele is reportedly one of the acts you could approach for the big benefit concert.
Iconic: Live Aid was held at the same London venue to raise money for victims of the Ethiopian famine in 1985 (David Bowie pictured by Live Aid)
War: Last week marked one year since the bloody conflict began (in the photo, Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut)
Ukraine is now getting the weapons it needs: not just to survive, but to win.
The threat of a Third World War – which loomed the day of the invasion – has diminished in the last 12 months, but it has not disappeared.
The first year of the war taught us that Ukraine is capable of defying astronomical odds, but that even a weak Russian army is capable of sowing mass death and destruction.
The second year of war is coming. The prospect of peace talks is remote. Both sides face months of heavy fighting. It is impossible to know how this war ends, but it seems unlikely that it will end anytime soon.