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25-02-2025
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Watch Chilean Icon Myriam Hernández & Ha*Ash Live From Viña del Mar Tonight (Feb. 24)
Chilean icon Myriam Hernández headlines Day 2 of the 2025 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, performing Monday night (Feb. 24) at the Quinta Vergara amphitheater in the coastal city of Viña del Mar in Chile. The Chilean singer has charted 13 singles on Hot Latin Songs and six times on Latin Pop Albums. In 2024, she was recognized as a Fundamental figure of Chilean music by the Sociedad Chilena de Autores e Intérpretes Musicales. More from Billboard Marc Anthony Kicks Off 2025 Viña del Mar Festival: 'There's No Country Like Chile' Ahead of the Deftones' Upcoming Tour, Chino Moreno Talks the Future of Crosses & Plans in Mexico Calibre 50 Extends Its No. 1 Streak on Regional Mexican Airplay Chart With 'El Sueño Americano' The singer, known for a roster of love standards that spans over three decades, will perform in her first full-length show at the celebrated festival in over a decade. In 2023, headliner Karol G invited Hernández to sing 'El Hombre Que Yo Amo,' a Hernández hit Karol G had long professed to love. Hernández also hosted the festival for five consecutive years, from 2001 to 2006, but hadn't performed a full set since 2001. Hernández is slated to perform at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by Ha*Ash, the duo made up of sisters Hanna Nicole and Ashley Grace, born in Louisiana but raised in Mexico. The duo, known for their dramatic pop fare with a dollop of country, are slated to perform at at approximately 11:15 p.m. ET, closing out the show. Both performances are part of the six-day lineup of the 64th annual Viña del Mar broadcast, which year after year is Chile's highest-rated television show. Each night features a headliner, a supporting artist, a comedian and an international song festival in folk and pop categories, where contestants compete every night for a winner in each. Viña will continue Tuesday (Feb. 25) with Colombian's Morat headlining and Sebastian Yatra closing; Wednesday (Feb. 26) with Carlos Vives headlining and Carín León closing; Thursday (Feb. 27) with Incubus, Juan Carlos López and The Cult; and Friday (Feb. 28), urban night, with headliner Duki, Eladio Carrión and Kid Voodoo. All nights will be livestreamed in the United States on and Billboard Español. Performances can be viewed on the player in this story beginning at 7:15 p.m. ET, or throughout and billboardespañ Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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24-02-2025
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U2 Shares Message of Support for Ukraine 3 Years After Russian Invasion: Listen to the Poem
The members of U2 are making sure the people of Ukraine know that they still have their backs three years after Russia's invasion. On Monday (Feb. 24) — the same date Russia launched its full-fledged military operation on Ukraine in 2022, effectively sending the countries into a war that is still ongoing — Bono shared an emotional piano-accompanied reading of Taras Shevchenko's 'My Friendly Epistle' on the Irish rock band's Instagram. 'Break then your chains, in love unite, nor seek in foreign lands the sight of things not even found above,' the poem dictates. 'Then, in your own house, you will see true justice, strength and liberty!' More from Billboard U2's Bono Shares Heartfelt Thanks After Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom Marc Anthony Kicks Off 2025 Viña del Mar Festival: 'There's No Country Like Chile' Justin Bieber Wants to Get Baby Jack Blues on Skates 'As Soon as Possible' 'All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy we Europeans now find ourselves in are not sleeping easily on this, the third anniversary of the invasion,' Bono wrote in his caption, revealing that he and The Edge had originally sent the musical reading to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy days after Russia first invaded three years ago. 'More to say about this and other bewilderments later,' added the 'Mysterious Ways' musician. Bono and his U2 bandmates have been vocal in their support of Ukraine throughout the country's war against Russia, which began in February 2022 when the latter country's president, Vladimir Putin, ordering multiple attacks on Ukraine's major cities as part of a 'special military operation.' In April that year, Irish rockers performed on a bill with Celine Dion, Katy Perry and more stars as part of a Stand Up for Ukraine relief show, a month after which Bono and Edge traveled to Kyiv to perform Ben E. King's 'Stand by Me' in a metro station. Last year, Bono also paid tribute to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny — one of Putin's most outspoken critics who died in Russian prison in February 2024 — during one of U2's residency shows at Las Vegas' The Sphere. 'For these people, freedom is the most important word in the world,' the frontman told the crowd at the time. 'So important that Ukrainians are fighting and dying for it, and so important that Alexey Navalny chose to give his up.' As Ukraine enters a fourth year of fighting off Russia, its fate remains uncertain. Many Western leaders gathered in Kyiv Monday to observe the date and, in some cases, pledge more military aid to Zelenskyy's efforts. However, President Donald Trump recently stirred up concern over the United States' yearslong Biden-era alliance with Ukraine by calling Zelenskyy a 'dictator,' while maintaining a cordial relationship with Putin amid Trump's pushes for a peace settlement. See U2's tribute to Ukraine below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
