In the midst of Russia’s war against Ukraine, 150 European radio stations simultaneously broadcast John Lennon’s pacifist song “Give peace a chance”. And this has not escaped Olivia Leray.
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It’s very beautiful what happened this Friday morning on European radio. Radio Tirol in Austria, Vivacité in Belgium, Radio 3 in Spain, and especially UR1, a Ukrainian radio… 8:45 am on these radios and on 146 others,
the same song was broadcast. For everyone, for peace in Ukraine, in support of Ukrainians:
Give peace a chance, song of unity, hope, peace, signed John Lennon, on Radio Sofia in Bulgaria, Radio 1 in Cyprus, Radio Zurnal in the Czech Republic, P8 Jazz in Denmark, Radio Suomi in Finland, or even France musique for Radio France . It is an initiative of the European Broadcasting Union. 25 countries with the same chorus on the airwaves
For the record, this song was written in the middle of the Vietnam War.
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono had just spent a week under the covers in a suite at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, to promote peace. EIt is this sentence that they repeated: “Give peace a chance”. Lennon made a song out of it, and we tWe say: Give peace a chance!