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Three days, twenty-five thousand people! ANTYTILA, fire, music, lights and scale! The ‘At Home’ show: how it went.

05.04.2026

Live shows at large venues offer a unique experience. The aftertaste lingers for a long time, and if it’s an ANTYTILA concert, everything resurfaces in fond memories for years to come.

But what is a concert like for a photographer?
Fans who attend the band’s concerts see how photographers have to ‘fly’ around the venue to seize the moment and capture the shot.
And you yourselves are happy to pose for their lenses.
Plus, there are hundreds of lighting fixtures, special effects, stage sets and dozens of people helping to create the show’s atmosphere.
So look for yourselves in this album of selected photos by master photographers.
Through their professional lens, they sought to convey the true scale and atmosphere of the ‘AT HOME’ show, and the mood created by ANTYTILA at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. To this end, for three days running, they captured the emotions of the musicians and everyone who had gathered together, at home.
Take a peek behind the scenes of the show and feel like part of the team.
See it all through the eyes of the artist or their management, or find the answer or confirmation you’re looking for: ‘Is this really happening?’ or ‘How was it?’.
Because ANTYTILA will soon be announcing new concert dates. In the pipeline: a new show, a new album, a collector’s edition of all the band’s albums on vinyl, and major concerts in other countries around the world.

Seize the moment.

Check out the photo gallery from the ‘At Home’ live show.

Photographers:
Viktoria Filipenko
Marina Kozhemyakina
Vadym Plyashechko
Edward Matthew
Yulia Akopyan

Kyiv. Sports Palace. Three days “At home.”

26.03.2026

We’ve been preparing for this meeting with you for almost a year. A team of over a hundred people worked to create a concert, a show, and new content—using songs and performances to evoke emotions and sensations that will leave a lasting impression.

We crafted experiences that have become part of the history of the band ANTITILA and of each one of you.

And we succeeded.

The meticulously designed set by the directors, over 50 screens, 500 lighting fixtures, pyrotechnics, multi-level stage sets, and studio-quality sound in a large arena—all these are essential technical and directorial elements of a special show that did more than just create volume and scale.

They revealed each song in a new light.

But!

You were the ones who created the real magic.

The heart of the “At Home” show is the people who came to be with their own.

Together we sang, smiled, danced, cried, and then read the reviews on social media.

This show was created not only by ANTITILA and the team on and around the stage, but also by each and every one of you who came to the Palace of Sports.

Your feedback and support are the most valuable things we’ve received over these three days.

Keep it up, stay with us, come, and share.

We feel, we read, we draw conclusions so we can start preparing something new and exciting.

Thank you to everyone defending our country—for the chance to be home. To the audience, the team, and our partners—for walking this path with us. ❤️

Every concert on this tour is a charity event. Proceeds go to support the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR).

A TV version of the show is already in the works so these moments can be preserved. We’ll announce the premiere date soon.

Antytila have won the YUNA Special Award for “The 15 Most Influential Artists of the Last 15 Years”!

20.03.2026

A band that has come a long way, from small clubs to stadiums.
A team with experience collaborating with top international stars.
Artists who have always combined musical talent with a principled civic stance.

Recently, YUNA co-founder and executive producer Pavlo Shylko presented the band with a special award at the Kyiv Sports Palace, where the musicians will present their “Vdoma” show on March 20–22 (don’t miss it!).

Please note that the list of “15 Most Influential Artists of the Last 15 Years” is not a ranking.

All performers included in it are considered equal. The top 15 were selected by the YUNA jury.

World premiere: U2, Ed Sheeran, and Antytila present a lyric video for their new joint song, “Yours Eternally”

22.02.2026

U2, Ed Sheeran, and Antytila present a lyric video for their new joint song, “Yours Eternally.”

The song is included in U2’s new EP, Days Of Ash.

A special feature of the new album is that each song is dedicated to a specific person.

The song “Yours Eternally” was written by Bono and The Edge after meeting Taras Topolia and the band Antytila and performing together in Kyiv and London.

U2 invited their friend, singer Ed Sheeran, and Taras Topolia to participate in the studio recording of “Yours Eternally.”

The lyric video features all the musicians of the band Antytila, their military brothers-in-arms, and Ukrainian civilians who, in the fourth year of full-scale war, continue to show unique resilience and character.

The composition was deliberately created in a major, light mood, and its lyrics are presented in the form of a letter from a soldier with a lively and defiant spirit, reflecting the spirit of Ukraine, urging people not to despair, to achieve, to fight, and to walk side by side with their comrades toward their goal, despite all circumstances and difficulties.

The studio production of the song “Yours Eternally” was carried out by renowned Irish producer, multiple Grammy nominee and winner Garret “Jacknife” Lee.

Here’s what the musicians of U2 have to say about the new EP and the song Yours Eternally:

Bono:

“…when we first met, despite everything that was happening, despite the daily horrors that Ukrainians were experiencing, Taras and his friends did not lose heart. They also had that slightly dark sense of humor and that defiant spirit that we love so much in the best rock ‘n’ roll — that strength of character that seems to challenge the very times we live in… And it is this spirit that we tried to convey in Yours Eternally.
This song is like a message from the front lines, where a soldier says to his friends — boldly, a little mischievously: “Listen, don’t hang your heads, live, dream, stay up late. I would do the same if I were home with you. And I will… soon.”

The Edge:

“We believe in a world where borders are not erased by force.
Where culture, language, and memory are not silenced by fear.
Where the dignity of a people is not a bargaining chip.

This belief is not temporary.
It is not a political fad.
It is the ground on which we stand.
And we stand on it together.”

Taras Topolia, leader of the band ANTYTILA:

Once, Bono asked me: what single word could be used to describe the Ukrainian character? Without hesitation, I replied: Will. Some time passed, and he sent me a demo of “Yours Eternally” with the words: I feel that today, more than ever, we all need this.

When I heard the chorus of the song, which consisted of only one Ukrainian word, Will, and was sung by Bono, The Edge, and Ed Sheeran, I got goosebumps. And when Bono said that the song was missing my voice, my team and I, despite blackouts, air raid sirens, and all the difficulties, still recorded it in the studio. That’s how this song, united by common values, came to be.

We are grateful to U2 and Ed Sheeran for their constant attention and support for Ukraine. It is very valuable!

The song can be heard live at the Sports Palace during three concerts by the band Antytila on March 20-22 in Kyiv.

Reminder:

Antytila is currently on a nationwide tour called “At Home.” The musicians have played almost 20 sold-out concerts, with just as many still to come. The tour will conclude with three unique live shows at the Sports Palace in Kyiv in March.

Antytila presents new work “Vidkoly”

05.12.2025

ANTITILA returns with a story born out of silence. “Vidkoly” is a song written last winter, when the cold outside coincided strangely with the cold inside. It is about the moment when words are powerless and warmth must be sought in memories.

The clip is like a pause between heartbeats: slow-motion scenes, kisses in peace and war, the fragility of a fleeting moment. A group among white eustomas, cherry blossoms as a reminder of the transience of beauty — all this creates a space where even silence sounds.
Filmed on Alexa 35 Xtreme, so every emotion is almost palpable.

Director — Mitya Shmurak @mitya_shmurak
Production — Manifest Production @manifestproduction
Music — Maksym Syvolap, Taras Topolia
Lyrics — Taras Topolia.

ANTITILA will perform three times in a row at the Sports Palace in Kyiv

09.09.2025

ANTITILA / KYIV / Show AT HOME.
Tickets on sale:
March 20, 2026 — https://kyiv.ticketsbox.com/event/antytila-from-the-show-vdoma.html
March 21, 2026 — https://kyiv.ticketsbox.com/event/antytila-from-the-show-vdoma-a.html
March 22, 2026 — https://kyiv.ticketsbox.com/event/antytila-from-the-show-vdoma-b.html

On March 20, 21, and 22, 2026, the band ANTITILA will take the stage at the Sports Palace three times in a row to create a musical trilogy about the power of music, love between people, and hope. Three evenings. Three Sports Palaces. And one unique story that we will experience together with the band ANTITILA.
The final concerts of the nationwide tour “VDOMA” will be an event for tens of thousands of people and a special page in the history of the pop-rock band ANTITILA. From the very beginning of the war, they volunteered to go to the front lines. Later, they continued to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine with large-scale volunteer projects and became a powerful voice for Ukraine in the world.

In 2026, ANTITILA will celebrate 18 years where they grew up together with their fans. In their hometown of Kyiv. A multi-level stage, lights that breathe with the music, and songs that have already become the soundtracks of our time. The best songs of all time will be performed: “Vdoma,” “2step,” “Fortetsya Bakhmut,” “Virila,” “TDME,” “Lovy moment,” “Beri svoye,” and others, as well as the premieres of new tracks.

The band promises a unique show and unexpected scenography: a multi-level space, new video installations, and live energy that must be experienced in person, with European-level sound and lighting.
“VDOMA” is not just a name. It is a feeling that the band carried through the front lines, volunteer headquarters, and hundreds of thousands of kilometers of concert tours around the world — from Canada to New Zealand.
“We sang for Ukrainians all over the world. But only here, when you go on stage, do you realize: you are home. And it’s not about geography. It’s about the feeling in your soul,” says frontman Taras Topolia.
ANTITILA has previously gathered its fans at one of the capital’s largest venues: in 2019, they played two sold-out shows as part of their successful nationwide stadium tour “Hello,” and in 2023 — another sold-out show and the final stop on a world charity tour, with the musicians playing over 30 concerts on three continents. With nearly 400 million views, dozens of hits, and collaborations with global stars, the band’s creativity has long transcended national borders.

And after a three-year hiatus, in 2026, ANTITILA returns with the show “AT HOME.” Because home is always special.
Kyiv, March 20, 21, and 22, 2026, at the Palace of Sports.

Tickets are already on sale. https://ticketsbox.com/antitila-z-shou-vdoma/

“Dyvysʹ u miy ekran”: ANTYTILA presents a cinematic story of war, love and sacrifice

20.06.2025

“Dyvysʹ u miy ekran” — is a remake of our song “Dyvysʹ na mene,” which was created 15 years ago. We didn’t have a consensus within the band on whether or not to translate the song. I was rather not a fan, but a lot of fans of our work came to us and let the music of ANTYTILA into their lives after the song “Dyvysʹ na mene”. And a lot of our fans were waiting for a remake of this song, because they loved it, because it gave them the drama and energy that inspired them.

As always, ANTYTILA has an honest story in the video. From real actors to real emotions. Our actors Dmytro and Petro, people of art, who turned the film set into a dugout and are now among the best combat drone operators. Each frame in the video is not a game, but something that has been lived, felt, experienced. And by coincidence, the filming took place during another terrible night in Kyiv, with explosions of shaheds and ballistic missiles. The atmosphere on the set was appropriate. Although the video was not filmed “from scratch,” explosions were heard early in the morning and the danger was very close. The occupiers once again attacked the capital with shaheds and ballistic missiles. On this occasion, Yaroslav Pilunsky joked that he had escaped from the war for a couple of days with the hope of being in a relatively calm environment, but there were also explosions and everything was on fire.

“Dyvysʹ u miy ekran” is a story of waiting, hope, and support from fellow soldiers that happens every day in the lives of thousands of Ukrainians. This video is not about fiction, but about the truth – the truth that hurts, holds and inspires. We wanted to convey that even at a distance, even through the war, love lives on – through the eyes, through the screen, through the heart,” – says the band’s frontman Taras Topolya.

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Antytila in the USA. The Band Have Announced a Series of Gigs in America

16.05.2025

This summer, in July, the ANTYTILA band are setting out to the United States to perform in Kerhonkson (New York), Philadelphia, and Chicago. Three days, three cities, three different events united by music that will sound from Ukraine and for the benefit of Ukraine.

The musicians will start with a performance at a well-known Ukrainian festival in America, where they will play a full open-air program as headliners, and finish with a solo gig at one of the coziest music venues in Chicago.

The first performance is on July 12, as part of the largest festival of Ukrainian culture in the U.S., Soyuzivka. On the festival’s eighteenth anniversary, the band will perform a special program including hits and new songs having gathered over 370 million views on YouTube and appeared in the top charts of streaming platforms: “Вдома”, “Лови Момент”, “Там, де ми є”, “2Step,” “Фортеця Бахмут” and more.

The next day, July 13, the band performs in Philadelphia at the St. George Ukrainian Festival, an event that annually gathers a large Ukrainian community of the state.

And on July 18, there’s the final stop in Chicago, on the stage of Joe’s Live, where ANTYTILA will give a large solo gig. Unlike the festival format, this event will offer a more intimate atmosphere – warm memories, new emotions, and impressions. And most importantly, a chance to fully immerse yourself in the band’s music, from long-time favorites to brand-new hits.

‘It’s important that fellow people are coming with gigs to their fellow people. We’ll play a lot, sing together, and enjoy the songs that are loved and awaited. And of course, the proceeds from the gigs will go to support the special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine working in the Crimean sector,’ says Taras Topolia, the lead singer of the band.

ANTYTILA are more than just music. It’s an opportunity to stay connected to your homeland, even if you’re thousands of miles apart.

The gigs will take place supported by the Revived Soldiers Ukraine charity foundation and partners.

Tickets are now available. Don’t miss it – Ukraine is sounding here and now.

London Has Become a Hub of Ukrainian Strength for Two Weeks. This Is How They Commemorated 3rd Anniversary of Full-Scale Invasion in the Capital of Britain

07.03.2025

A Ukrainian band ANTYTILA having just come back from foggy Albion to Kyiv are telling of the most prominent events, meetings, and results of a cultural and diplomatic mission.

A demonstration having united more than 10 thousand of concerned people into a loud voice of Ukraine that sounded all across the world

The band symbolically started their mission on February 24, which was 3rd anniversary of full-scale invasion. It was the day when a massive demonstration “Heartbroken but Unbroken” took place having united speeches of British, Canadian, and Ukrainian politicians, leaders of impactful community associations, and allies standing by Ukraine during three years. The ANTYTILA band have played a special hour-long live set – a loud voice of Ukraine sounding all across the world.

Due to joint efforts and initiative of Support Ukraine, namely the leaders of the organization Nataliia Ravliuk and Iryna Rapii, that evening at Trafalgar took place a synergy of more than 20 organizations presenting Ukrainian communities of Great Britain. Due to support of each of them, more than 10 thousands of people united under the motto having been announced from the stage by the soloist of the band Taras Topolia – ‘Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine’.

A working session with parliamentarians and state officials: discussing urgent issues instead of general requests

ANTYTILA always emphasize that their performances are more than just music. This mission had had the objective of cultural and diplomatic interaction and boosting international support of Ukraine. That is why the meeting with British parliamentarians was an important part of the trip. In the course of negotiations, they managed to bring the issue of urgency of supporting Ukraine from the Government of Great Britain up to date, discuss, for instance, specific ways of realization of assistance in the area of tactical medicine, rehabilitation of militaries, and supporting the children having lost their parents due to war. Additionally, substantive meetings with deputies on specific topics also took place which are to bring tangible results in perspective.

Another subject for discussions was the experience of SUPERHUMANS having become one more real case that helped to define current requests of Ukrainians. Ukrainian realias were not hidden under general messages – in Taras Topolia’s speech, the current situation in Ukraine sounded via the language of facts and figures.

A special screening of ‘Culture vs War’

A separate point of the program was a dialogue with British students as part of the project ‘Culture vs War’. It wasn’t the first time the band met British and Ukrainian youth to tell the truth about the war and experience the band’s members had gone through being at the frontlines.

Meeting with Valerii Zaluzhnyi and continuing an information campaign

The final event in London was the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Valerii Zaluzhnyi. Among the key topics of discussion, there were an unprecedented number of people having gathered at Trafalgar Square and the importance of demonstrating unity in these times. Such specific moments develop a strong position of British politicians on supporting Ukraine both at international negotiations and with their voters inside the country.

And that was the message sounding in an interview ANTYTILA exclusively gave to the British news broadcast service ITV News.

The band wants to thank Support Ukraine, British-Ukrainian Aid Charity Organization, Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Trust, Ukrainian Institute London, Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain, Ukrainian Youth Organization in Great Britain, Plast London, Ukrainian Children SOS, Women Fight For UA, Ukrainian Students League, and all the other organizations thanks to which the mission took place.

ANTYTILA express their special gratitude to Inna Yehorova and the whole Embassy of Ukraine in Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as to numerous Ukrainian and British community for active support.

ANTYTILA have used their music and experience to bring an important message: Ukraine needs support now, and this struggle is not just for our existence and liberty, but for the future of democratic world.

“ANTYTILA” in London. The Band Has Performed at Trafalgar Square on 3rd Anniversary of Full-Scale Invasion

25.02.2025

On February 24, 2025, the square Churchill once announced the victory over the Nazi grew crowded to the brim with thousands and thousands of Ukrainians and Britons. People gathered on 3rd anniversary of full-scale invasion to demonstrate the world that Ukrainians are gelled, that peace is impossible at the cost of Ukraine’s defeat, and that the war is going on and Ukraine needs strong support rather than negotiations with the enemy without Ukraine. Of course, they also gathered to pay tribute to the Ukrainian heroes having deceased, support the AFU with donations, and remind the world of Ukrainian prisoners-of-war who are to be brought back home via any possible way.

A massive event ‘Heart-broken but unbroken’ combined performances of British, Canadian, and Ukrainian politicians, leaders of impactful community associations, and allies standing by Ukraine during these three years. The ANTYTILA band played a special hour-long live set. It wasn’t a simple gig, but a loud voice of Ukraine heard all over the world.

During the performance, the band’s frontman Taras Topolia addressed Ukrainians and the world community with a powerful message:

‘There are more than ten thousand of us here today! This square if filled to the brim. The Ukrainians’ objective all over the world is to demonstrate unity and pressure those politicians searching the way to peace at any cost. The motto of today’s demonstration is ‘Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine’, and it has to be as loud as a bell in each and every European or American cabinet, square, or interview’.

Let us remind that on the first day of full-scale invasion, the musicians of the ANTYTILA band put musical instruments aside and took the guns having joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine as volunteer soldiers and started to discharge their civic and military duties at the frontlines. Today, the band went back to their musical activities and keeps telling the world their own story of resistance and the truth about the war and a heroic feat of Ukrainian people via their creative work, gathering tens of thousands of people and tens of millions of hryvnias for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at their gigs and doing whatever they can so that the topic of Ukraine kept being up-to-date in the world.

The band had time to share the brightest moments of the event in their social media.