Ukrainian Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra to perform first UK concert at Glastonbury

Sextet who blend folk and hip-hop hope the gig on the festival’s Truth stage is ‘the start of many concerts in the UK’ Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian group who triumphed at the 2022 Eurovision song contest, are to perform at Glastonbury festival for their first ever UK concert. Their winning song Stefania blended hip-hop with the intricate flutes and heartfelt vocals of their national folk music, and saw a huge response from the public, who swept them to victory in the Eurovision phone voting – a clear demonstration of solidarity with Ukraine during the war with Russia. Continue reading...

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