Eurovision reigning champions Kalush Orchestra have announced a North American tour, spanning two countries and thirteen cities, including Los Angeles and New York.
Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk announced the tour on his Instagram story. It will begin in Seattle on 20th October and conclude in Toronto on 6th November.
Proceeds from the tour will go to Help Heroes of Ukraine, an organisation which is supporting Ukrainian families affected by the war.
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Since their Eurovision victory, Kalush Orchestra have been raising money and awareness to support Ukraine in the war effort.
In May, the band auctioned their glass microphone trophy in aid of the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, which helps support the Ukrainian Army.
The Eurovision 2022 trophy sold for $900,000 to the WhiteBIT cryptocurrency community.
The band also staged a raffle for the signature pink bucket hat, which frontman Oleh wore onstage in Turin.
A grand total of 11,000,000 hryvnas were collected in the raffle for the pink bucket hat, which is almost 350,000€. The winner of the bucket hat was selected at random during a live-streamed auction on Instagram.
Kalush Orchestra are not the only Ukrainian Eurovision artists who are touring abroad in order to promote Ukrainian culture and identity to a wider audience. Eurovision 2020 and 2021 participants Go_A are embarking on a European tour, similarly to raise funds to help Ukraine.
In a statement on Instagram, Go_A spoke about the importance of Ukrainian artists showcasing their music during a time of war:
We believe that our concerts draw attention to our unique Ukrainian culture and we do our best not to let people around the world forget that the war is still going on here.
We are doing everything to debunk the myth that Ukraine is part of Russia. Ukraine is an original country with its own history, its own language and its own sovereign territory. So it has always been, so it is and so it will be.
Are Kalush Orchestra performing in a city near you? Will you be buying a ticket? Let us know in the comments!
The Seattle show was fantastic! My favorite concert experience in a long time. Powerful & energizing & the projections were perfect.
Conversation with and American:
Kalush orchestra is coming to town
What is that?
The ones who won Eurovision.
The what?
North Americans dont give a sh*t about songs sung in what they consider strange languages.
Speak for yourself. I love Kalush Orchestra and I’m learning Ukrainian so I can understand them. True most American are ignorant idiots but not all of us. I didn’t ask to be born here.
Also: San Francisco – just bought tix and can’t wait! 🙂
Philadelphia!!! Going
Heroes. They will be popular and help Ukraine with additional positive PR … contributing to this madness to stop.
You do realize there are many Eastern Europeans who live in America and Canada. Lots of Russian speakers. I’m sure they’d know who Kulash is.
I’m glad more and more ESC artists are touring outside of Europe. I’ve got tickets to see Måneskin in Chicago in november. Maybe if my schedule permits I could see Kalush too <3
I will say though all those jumps day by day from city to city sounds a bit ambitious since many of these cities are not close to each other. I hope the group also makes sure to rest and take care of themselves though all this
How much of the tickets cost?
$85
No Vancouver or Edmonton? That’s a mistake: there are huge Ukrainian diaspora communities around both cities.
Well, there’s also a sizeable Ukrainian community in several Mexican cities and they’re not gonna tour here either 🙁
Seattle?! For real? Tickets purchased! So excited!
And thanks for putting this on my radar!
Oh my god… Måneskin era
Every night, I pray for Ukraine to win, survive, and succeed during Russia’s senseless war.