U2 asked the audience to chant the name of Alexei Navalny, who died the day before in his prison. “It seems that Putin will never say his name,” said the singer.
The rock group becomes accustomed to taking positions in public. In May 2022, the leader of the group sang in the kyiv metro. On October 8, 2023, he paid tribute to the Israelis killed during the attacks carried out by Hamas on October 7. The crowd shouted Alexeï Navalny's name three times while musician David Howell Evans, known as The Edge, played the first notes of the song Don't Dream It's Over.