{"id":239858,"date":"2019-12-12T02:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T07:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239858"},"modified":"2019-12-12T02:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T07:52:19","slug":"u2-celebrates-filipino-women-in-first-manila-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/12\/u2-celebrates-filipino-women-in-first-manila-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 celebrates Filipino women in first Manila concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Irish rock band U2 (Photo<\/a>: U2Start<\/a>\/Flickr, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Popular Irish rock band U2 performed for the first time in the Philippines for their \u201cThe Joshua Tree World Tour\u201d in the Philippine Arena on December 11, honoring notable Filipino women, Red Cross volunteers, and activists in their encore stage.<\/p>\n

U2 dedicated their song \u201cUltraviolet (Light My Way)\u201d to the women all over the world, while a video displaying the faces of famous Filipino women which include former president Corazon Aquino, broadway actress Lea Salonga, Senator Pia Cayetano, and journalist Maria Ressa among others.<\/p>\n

“Human rights churn out human wrongs, that\u2019s a beautiful day. When sisters around the world go to school with their brothers, that\u2019s a beautiful day. When journalists don’t have to worry about what they write, that\u2019s a beautiful day. When women of the world unite to rewrite history as herstory, that is a beautiful day,” says Bono, after performing \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d.<\/p>\n

The band also acknowledged women\u2019s rights movements Grrrl Gang Manila, One Billion Rising, #Babae Ako Movement, and Red Cross volunteers, in which U2 frontman Bono shares that the concert was free for the volunteers.<\/p>\n

The lead vocalist also praised Ressa several times, to whom he dedicated \u201cUltraviolet (Light My Way)\u201d from their 1991 album \u201cAchtung Baby\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen who light up history, your own Maria Ressa is an incredible woman. But even Maria will say it\u2019s not about individuals. It\u2019s about collective action. It\u2019s about social movement so that all of you will grow up to be the president or Maria Ressa,\u201d the singer said.<\/p>\n

In a post on her Twitter profile, Ressa expressed her gratitude to the band, saying, \u201cThank you,\u00a0 @U2 !! #U2Manila #U2TheJoshuaTree2019 for the inspiration, the love to help #HoldTheLine & #ShineTheLight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thank you, @U2<\/a>!! #U2Manila<\/a> #U2TheJoshuaTree2019<\/a> for the inspiration, the love to help #HoldTheLine<\/a> & #ShineTheLight<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/6Bl8EXOO3b<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Salonga also shared on her Twitter page her gratitude to the band for being one of the women that they honored during their concert.<\/p>\n

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Woke up this morning to at least ten messages with photos because my photo was on the projection wall during U2\u2019s Ultra Violet. Wow, I am dead. Thank you for those messages, friends, and thank you, U2 for including me! Honored!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) December 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the concert, the Irish rock band\u2019s lead vocalist stated that if he is not a singer, he would be a journalist. He is also known to speak about the safety of journalists and press freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso in our prayers, let\u2019s keep the journalists, the truth-tellers, the activists who keep this country spiritually safe. We salute you. Truth-tellers, everyday heroes. Let\u2019s see our lights, let\u2019s see out stars in the middle of the sky,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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