VIDEO: President Zelensky booed at Rod Stewart’s Budapest concert

President Zelensky booed at Rod Stewart's Budapest concert
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Rod Stewart projected the photos of Ukrainian soldiers, destroyed Ukrainian towns and cities, and President Zelensky during one of his greatest hit songs in his Budapest concert in the MVM Dome. He probably did not expect this reaction from the audience.

Rod Stewart is in Budapest

The Scottish superstar returned to Budapest with his greatest songs on 22 June and gave an astonishing concert to the Hungarian audience. The Hungarian capital is one station of his world tour. Next week, he will give a show in Cologne, Germany, and then he will go to Switzerland.

Rod Stewart Budapest concert Zelensky
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He gave his first concert in Hungary in 2010 on the Square of 1956 freedom fighters in Budapest, and more than 250,000 fans attended it. The 78-year-old star’s greatest hits include Maggie May, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, Baby Jane, The First Cut Is the Deepest, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Tonight’s the Night, You Are in My Heart, Hot Legs, Forever Young, and Sailing.

Boo came after Zelensky appeared

But it seems nobody prepared him for what he could have expected from the Hungarian audience after projecting President Zelensky behind him during one of his songs.

According to Telex, he offered one of his hit songs, Rhythm Of My Heart (1991), to Ukraine and Zelensky. He was dressed in Ukrainian national colours (blue and yellow) and projected photos of Zelensky, Ukrainian cities and soldiers. When Zelensky appeared, the Hungarian audience began to boo. According to the reporter of the Hungarian media outlet, they calmed down immediately, and his next song was welcomed with an ovation.

President Zelensky booed at Rod Stewart's Budapest concert

That was not the first time Rod Stewart showed support for the Ukrainian president. He did the same in Leipzig’s Quarterback Immobilien Arena on 14 June and received the same response from the fans. Even so, he said after the incident that he supports Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. “Putin must be stopped!“, he added. In a Sky News interview, Steward called Putin an a**hole.

Here is the video of the Budapest “incident”:

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