Irish Band U2 Performs in Mumbai and Sends a Strong Message of Safety for Women to the World

Popular Irish rock band U2 gave its maiden performance in Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on Sunday. The Mumbai concert was the last stop for the iconic Joshua tree tour that has been running successfully for the past 32 years. Earlier U2 performed in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the Philippines. 

The band belted out popular tracks like ‘With or Without You’ and ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.’ 

The group famously comprising of frontman Bono, guitarist The Edge, drummer Larry Mullen, and bassist Adam Clayton opened the concert with the song, ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday.’ The concert ended with a montage of famous women icons across the world which included Indian names like author Arundhati Roy and journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The lively audience at Mumbai also got to witness Indian composer A. R. Rehman’s performance. He along with his two children sang the song ‘Ahimsa’ while Bono joined the trio. Bono described the song as “India’s greatest gift to the world.” 

Ahimsa in Mumbai with A.R. Rahman on the final night of The Joshua Tree Tour 2019.#u2 #thejoshuatreetour2019 #mumbai #DYPatilStadium #ARRahman pic.twitter.com/KcuEbVoLHz

— U2 (@U2) December 16, 2019

 

Personalities from Bollywood also graced the event. Below are the pictures: 

Hrithik with Suzanne and their two kids:

 

Suzanna gave her own tribute to Bono with these catchy lines on Instagram, “For the ‘Ones’ who taught us the meaning of lyrics, the ‘mysterious ways’ that life has to ‘tear down the walls,... ‘taking us to a place ‘where the streets didn’t need names.. ‘the kids of the 90’s could have never been half of what we are, WITHOUT YOU... ♥️BONO we grew through U!!👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻Thank you for being U2 🖖🏻♥️♥️♥️♥️ @u2 #musicmakestheworldgoround

Soha Ali Khan posing at the concert below- 

 

 

 

Neha Dhupia who was also at the event captioned her picture with these heartwarming lines, “ When women in the world are safe, It’s a beautiful day... when sisters go to school with their brothers, it’s a beautiful day ... when women in the world unite to write her story as history it’s a beautiful day ... @u2.”

Besides entertaining the audience, U2 used a segment called ‘Herstory’ to send a message of peace and safety of women to the world.  They included pictures of the recent protest in Hyderabad after the brutal rape of the vet doctor. They featured influential women on a giant screen while the band played the track Ultraviolet. Some of the women who were included in the segment were Kalpana Chawla, Rana Ayyub, Karuna Nandy, Smriti Irani, and the very famous Greta Thunberg.