The Rasmus Playing Charity Gig as Atlas Festival Headliner

One of Finland’s most internationally known bands, The Rasmus, will play a charity gig in Ukraine this summer on July 19th as the headliner of the Atlas Festival, as the only foreign artist at the event. The band wants to do their part to help Ukraine. Frontman Lauri Ylönen says: “It’s scary to play in the middle of war, but we want to show our support for the Ukrainian people. We have a massive fan base in Ukraine and we’ve also previously done a joint song with the Ukrainian Eurovision winner Kalush Orchestra.” Over 60,000 people are expected to arrive at the festival. The festival has a comprehensive security system, and the event is prepared to evacuate the audience and performers in just a few minutes if necessary. Last year, the festival raised over two million euro...