The bands Antytila, Boombox, Okean Elzy, Go_A, Kalush Orchestra, Druga Rika, and DakhaBrakha will be performing across various cities around the world, dedicating the proceeds to support the Ukrainian military and people, the euromaidanpress.com website has reported.
The pop-rock band Antytila, originating from Kyiv, embarks on a tour spanning Europe and Australia from the end of October to December 2, the Ukrainian website said in an article penned by Orysia Hrudka.
Cities include Sydney, Prague, Bern, Cologne, Frankfurt, Vienna, Munich, Lisbon, Barcelona, Alicante, Melbourne, Auckland, Dublin, Manchester, London and Edinburgh.
The band's tour aims to "spread Ukrainian modern music and become part of the world cultural environment."
All efforts are directed towards their charitable foundation focusing on supporting the families of the deceased soldiers and other volunteer projects, according to the Ukrainian website.
Boombox, a popular band that blends hip-hop and funk, plans performances in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Croatia from November 7 to 20.
The band’s leader and vocalist, Andrii Khlyvniuk, has championed Ukrainian military resistance from the beginning of the war.
Inspiring the legendary guitarist David Gilmour to reform the iconic rock band Pink Floyd, Khlyvniuk recorded with them “Hey Hey Rise Up,” a song based on the Ukrainian tune Chervona kalyna. He has since enlisted with Territorial Defense, according to the euromaidanpress.com article.
David Gilmour. Photo: PAP/DPA/Henning Kaiser
At the end of last year, Pink Floyd announced they had raised GBP 500,000 (EUR 570,000) for war-torn Ukraine with the recording of "Hey Hey Rise Up."
Meanwhile, Okean Elzy's "Help for Ukraine" tour, from November 3 to December 2, covers Tbilisi, Chișinău, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga, Helsinki, Strasbourg and Prague.
Frontman Sviatoslav Vakarchuk has been a consistent supporter of the military, dedicating the tour's proceeds to affected children and medical facilities, euromaidanpress.com reported.
Go_A, the electro-folk band who represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, have initiated their “Ukrainian Magic” tour, with over 30 shows in Iceland, Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel, Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, and elsewhere until December 17.
The band emphasizes that the tour is intended to help "raise funds to help Ukraine."
Meanwhile, Kalush Orchestra, a recent folk-hip-hop sensation and the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song “Stefaniya," will perform in various cities in the United States and Canada from November 1 to 26, according to euromaidanpress.com.
Their previous efforts have raised in excess of 60 million hryvnias (USD 1.6 million), famously auctioning their glass microphone trophy and the lead singer’s signature pink bucket hat, Hrudka wrote in her extensive article.
Druga Rika, a rock band formed in 1996 in Zhytomyr, is touring North America and Europe to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Performances are scheduled in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Montreal and Toronto, followed by shows in Europe, including Germany and Poland.
The tour is scheduled to end on November 29.
The life of Valeriy Kharchyshyn, frontman of Druga Rika, like that of many Ukrainians, has been touched directly by the war. His son and brother are serving in the Ukrainian armed forces, while Kharchyshyn’s own house in Hostomel near Kyiv was destroyed by the Russians last year, according to euromaidanpress.com's Hrudka.
DakhaBrakha, the world-music quartet, is touring North America, Europe and New Zealand from November 1 to April 3.
Their performances echo the urgency to support Ukraine, emphasizing statements like “Arm Ukraine” during their shows.
The band is committed to humanitarian efforts, channeling their tour’s revenue towards the Come Back Alive Foundation.
DakhaBrakha's music has been used in the modern ballet piece Every Minute Motherland, a collaboration of the famed Polish choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński and American theater director Paul Bargetto.
As the bands tour the globe, their unified message of resilience against the invasion reverberates, turning each musical note into a call for solidarity and support for Ukraine, euromaidanpress.com said in the article, which was published last week.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Monday is day 614 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: euromaidanpress.com