Madonna, Sting and The Cure among artists promoting pro-Ukrainian initiatives and condemning Russia’s attack

Madonna condemns invasion, Iggy Pop cancels Russian tour, Sting asks for donations, The Cure promotes charitable t-shirts: initiatives in favor of Ukraine are multiplying in the sphere of rock and pop.

In a video on his Instagram account madonna juxtaposes in a montage the images of Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin, against the background of their song sorry.

Stingwith acoustic guitar and accompanied by a cellist, performed again Russiansa title from 1985 that called for de-escalation and peace in the world and, since he uploaded it to his Instagram account in early March, the three-minute video has accumulated 2.2 million views.

In the preamble it denounces the “bloody decision” of a man (Vladimir Putin, whom he does not name) to “invade a peaceful neighboring country”.

“For the brave Ukrainians who fight against this brutal tyranny and also for the many Russians who demonstrate despite threats of arrest and imprisonment,” continues the artist.

His Instagram account also refers to the data of an aid organization for Ukraine.

For its part, The Cure published this week on its social networks a link for the sale of the group’s t-shirts, with the name painted in blue and yellow, for the benefit of the United Nations Refugee Agency (Acnur).

robert smithleader of the group, retweeted messages on social networks dedicated to Alexei Navalni, a sworn enemy of the Kremlin, against whom the Russian prosecutor’s office has just requested 13 years in prison.

Many actors of the rock and pop scene canceled their tours scheduled for this summer in Russiawith pro-Ukrainian messages on their networks, such as Iggy-Pop, which was due to perform in Moscow in July. Our thoughts are with the Ukrainians and with all the brave people who oppose this violence,” he wrote.

Putin must go

“Ukraine, we stand by you, and with all Russians who oppose this brutal act,” says Nick Cavewhile former Blur frontman Damon Albarn dropped the Russian dates from his world tour.

Others have more virulent words, like Stevie Nicks -Fleetwood Mac singer- who compares Vladimir Putin to “Hitler is coming back to haunt us”, wishing he would end up “turning to dust”.

“Putin must go,” David Gilmour tweets.who was a guitarist for Pink Floyd, while revealing that his daughter-in-law is Ukrainian.

In the ranks of electro, Laurent Garnier -international tutelary figure- participates in a compilation (Together for Ukraine), support of a call for donations for different Ukrainian organizations.

Finally, the social networks of the Dutch festival eurosonic Featured on their playlists are artists from Ukraine, such as Alyona Alyona, a former preschool teacher, who raps in Ukrainian. (I)