ANTYTILA are moving on to their aim and already report on record amount of $300.000 having been raised in the USA and Canada.
The world tour of the ANTYTILA band aimed to raise half a million dollars (or 20 million hryvnias to buy 10 000 of military medikits IFAK. Today, we can already state that in the USA and Canada only, the musicians together with their partners – United Help Ukraine Foundation have managed to raise a lot more than a half from the aimed amount and set an absolute record of charitable fundraisers in the USA and Canada among Ukrainian performers.
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Now, ANTYTILA continue their tour around Europe moving to Australia and New Zealand afterwards. This world charity tour is the first massive tour of the band after having been extricated the musicians Taras Topolia, Serhii Vusyk, and Dmytro Zholud from the frontline with the order of Valerii Zaluzhnyi. The guys were on service as part of the 130th battalion of territorial defense from the beginning of full-scale invasion defending Kyiv, and then Kharkiv from Russian occupants.
It’s not only a great interest to the band in the USA, Canada, and Europe providing success to the tour but also the fact that ANTYTILA are bringing a stadium show with quality sound and light heartily adapted to each concert venue. The musicians perform their well-known hits including «Фортеця Бахмут» (‘Fortress Bakhmut’), «Лови Момент» (‘Seize the Moment’), «TDME» and their new album «MLNL» live.
Apart from that, before the beginning of the gig, within unique auctions, the band makes it possible for everyone eager to do that to join charity and buy exclusive lots having been brought by the musicians to the territories of the USA, Canada, and Europe for the first time.
Documental and licensing preparation for transporting such lots lasted over 6 months; the band’s drummer Dmytro Vodovozov led it personally.
Eventually, in the USA only, 14 unique collection items, and virtually – a full collection of transport containers and tubes from various systems: PanzerFaust 3, BullSpike AT/AP, M72-LAW, Carl Gustaf, and RPG-26 as well as boxes for transporting and saving fillings for a self-propelled howitzer “CAESER” autographed by Ukrainian soldiers have been raffled.
The fillings of all containers were successfully used by Ukrainian militaries for destroying enemy tanks, IFVs, MT-LBs, mortars, and occupant’s infantry. Among important lots, there were also collection banknotes, postage stamps, and flags having been personally signed by the Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, flags having been signed by the soldiers of the brigade of the Offensive Guard “Burevii” and 130th battalion of territorial defense, and vyshyvankas from Taras Topolia’s personal collection. We’d like to make a special mention of hand-made minibars. These are unique installations developed by the ANTYTILA Charity Foundation and made by artists from 105-mm artillery cartridge cases having been used.
The tour cities having raised record amounts of donations:
Chicago – $49,338.81
San Francisco – $43,107.92
New York – $33,879.17
Seattle – $19,784.43
Video from Chicago:
The artists express special thanks to the team #StandWithUkraineMN at Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis and the fund conducting prosthetics and rehabilitation of Ukrainian Heroes Protez Foundation for the donation worth $22 000.
One of the most reputable charity foundations in the USA, the «United Help Ukraine» Foundation, has become a reliable partner of the ANTYTILA band and ANTYTILA Charity Foundation in the course of American tour. Thanks to UHU, at every gig, there were all possible opportunities provided for the visitors to join charity in any convenient way. The ANTYTILA Charity Foundation together with the «United Help Ukraine» Foundation has already started purchasing components for the first lot of IFAK military medikits. The members of the ANTYTILA band personally control the content of a medikits and quality of components.
“We’re grateful to all Ukrainians and Americans coming to our gigs, taking part in auctions, and donating. Sometimes we had a feeling that the hall was half filled by foreigners having come to support us not even understanding Ukrainian. For instance, at our gig in San Francisco, the owner of the hall we were performing in donated 16 690 American dollars for Ukrainian Heroes having heard our story and aim. When in Chicago, our Ukrainian entrepreneurs put a record bet of $20 000 for the trooper’s beret which was then given back to him. These stories are striking. Thank you all for the trust.
We’re grateful to the organizer of our tour Yevhen Antypenko for professionalism and job having been done. We’ll come back to the USA and Canada with new gigs in spring.
And now, we continue raising $500 000 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Great Britain. We will definitely raise this sum and take care of the fact our militaries had quality medikits saving their lives.
At our gigs, fellows come to fellows to listen to their favorite Ukrainian music and to truly support our defenders”, shares his impressions the leader of the ANTYTILA band Taras Topolia.
Further gigs of the ANTYTILA band will take place in Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Dates, cities, and tickets:
3/11 – Lisbon
5/11 – Barcelona
6/11 – Alicante
9/11 – Sidney
12/11 – Melbourne
16/11 – New Zealand, Oakland
25/11 – Dublin
26/11 – Manchester
27/11 – London
29/11 – Edinburgh
02/12 – Chisinau