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Bono and U2 salute late Russian dissident Navalny

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Bono and U2 got their audience involved in a tribute to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during their concert at Las Vegas'

Sphere over the weekend.

Speaking to the crowd Saturday, according to audience video, Bono spoke about the upcoming two-year anniversar­y of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and acknowledg­ed the millions of people affected by the ongoing conflict.

“For these people, freedom is not just a word in a song. For these

Bono people, freedom is the most important word in the world, so important that Ukrainians are fighting and dying for it. And so important that Alexei Navalny chose to give his up,” Bono said. Navalny, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin whose 2020 poisoning with a nerve agent made global headlines, was reported dead Friday by the Russian prison service. He was 47. Bono then led a chant of Navalny's name that the audience joined in on. The band then began to play a cover of Crowded House's “Don't Dream It's Over.”

Rising country star Flores taking mental health break Wyatt Flores is stepping away from the spotlight to focus more on his mental health.

On Monday evening, the rising country star took to Instagram and posted an emotional message to fans and revealed why he abruptly postponed multiple upcoming concerts.

The 22-year-old posted a clip from a recent concert in Kansas City, Missouri, where he tearfully told the sold-out crowd that he's not OK.

“This is the only thing that I've ever cared about and for some reason I can't figure out, I don't feel a thing. I'm struggling with it, and I'm sorry, guys,” he explained onstage over a soft piano instrument­al.

He later posted online that his tour date today in Oxford, Ohio, had been canceled, and he'll be rescheduli­ng shows set for this week in Detroit and Toronto. Flores has a Southern California date coming up April 26 — the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio.

— From wire reports

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