De Oekraïense metalcore band Jinjer heeft van het Ministerie van Cultuur toestemming gekregen om hun geboorteland te verlaten. Met deze tour wil de band het bewustzijn voor hun land en zijn mensen vergroten te midden van de voortdurende invasie van Rusland, die daar inmiddels alweer 105 dagen oorlog voeren. Dankzij deze tour zal ook het optreden op Graspop Metal Meeting op 17 juni doorgaan.
We are very honored to announce that together with the help of the Ukrainian Ministry Of Culture, that we have successfully been granted permission to travel abroad as ambassadors of our country to raise funds and awareness about the war raging back home. This is a huge honor for us as a band and as citizens. We will do our part to make sure that this war stops as soon as possible! Come support, dance and scream your hearts out for Ukraine!
Naast het aankondigen van de tour heeft de band ook een nieuwe video uitgebracht voor de track “Call Me A Symbol”.
I think this video for ‘Call Me A Symbol‘ will forever hold a special and unique place in our hearts as a band. Filmed on our short but awesome European Tour in 2021 tour that almost did not happen because of the pandemic, and now released at such a dark time in which our country has been invaded and there is war on the streets of our home. I really hope this video and this important time in history gives people a new perspective that there are always two sides to everything. Good and Evil, Just and unjust – cherish the good times and face the bad head on… but never ever give up.
Eugene Abdukhanov – Jinjer (Bass)
De complete tour ziet er als volgt uit, de video is onder de poster te bekijken:
