Pop royalty from Sting to Madonna denounce Russian war

Other stars from the world of pop and rock have cancelled tours to Russia

Condemnation by Madonna, a Russian tour cancelled by Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd pulling out of streaming platforms; Western music stars have rallied to the Ukrainian cause.

“I never thought it would be relevant again but in the light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbor the song is once again a plea for our common humanity,” he said in the introduction, Qazet.az reports.

The British star dedicated the song to “the brave Ukrainians fighting this brutal tyranny and also the many Russians protesting this outrage despite threats of arrest and imprisonment.”

Another iconic 1980s group, The Cure, have been selling T-shirts with their name in the blue-and-yellow of the Ukrainian flag to raise money for the U.N.’s refugee agency UNHCR.

Band leader Robert Smith has been retweeting messages about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently on trial and facing 13 years in a prison colony.

Other stars from the world of pop and rock have cancelled tours to Russia.