Just months ago they were fighting on the front line, defending their home country of Ukraine against a Russian invasion. Then they won Eurovision, and now they're performing at Glastonbury.
A call and reply section of the set was remarkably successful considering the language barrier, acknowledged by Psiuk who joked:"Who doesn't know the Ukrainian language? Oh dear…"
Ahead of their performance, the band's frontman Psiuk told Sky News:"We want to share our culture and our music. And Eurovision was one point where we showed our Ukrainian music and want to spread it all over the world."Right now, I feel a great support of all over the world. It's great that people from here also support Ukraine. And we are very thankful to everybody, to each person who supports Ukraine.
It's been a quick rise to fame for the band, who signed to record label Def Jam as part of the Universal Music Group after forming in 2019 and have so far released two albums. Last week it was revealed that the BBC is in talks with the European Broadcasting Union about hosting Eurovision, after thein the tradition of the winning country hosting.
Go_A will open the John Peel stage on Saturday with a performance of electronic folk music and soaring vocal melodies.
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