stage of the main Ukrainian music festival Tavria Games to perform for 75,000 people. There was also a live broadcast on M1 – the main Ukrainian music TV channel. That show brought the band to 9 more big open air stages in the next few months, with the audience varied from 5,000 to 100,000 (Day of Youth on the main Kiev's square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti). In September 2004 the band was invited to take part in Djuice-Drive tour (sport palaces in the 6 biggest cities of Ukraine). They were the only Ukrainian act on the bill with artists from Western Europe. They were among the first bands to support the people of Ukraine in the protest action, when the Orange Revolution started. Group cancelled their commercial gigs and played on the central square of Kiev, Maidan Nezalezhnosti. They performed their new song "Orange Songs of Ukrainian Revolution", and later the profit from this song was transferred to the inhabitants of the protest camping. Their performance on Maidan was seen on CNN as well as on several European news channels. In 2005 the band was on the road again and played plenty open air stages all over Ukraine. Mad Heads XL also appeared abroad, at Rock for People 2005 festival in Czech Republic. In September 2005 ZYX Music released maxi-CD “Nadiya Yea” in Germany. The album “Nadiya Yea” was released in the end of October on Comp Music/EMI, so far in Ukraine only, and it was among the bestselling local releases of 2005. During 2004–2005 years the band had several line-up changes. Beyond Europe, Mad Heads XL have performed at Ukrainian festivals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2010, and Dauphin, Manitoba, in 2011. Commanding a strong fan base in the Ukrainian-Canadian community, they returned to Toronto again in January 2012 performing material from their new album УкраїнSKA and "Royal Malanka". For both events, Mad Heads XL were joined onstage by Ukrainian violinist Vasyl Popadiuk (aka "Papa Duke"). Local Ukrainian-Canadian music groups, "Zapovid" and "Hudi a Mocni" opened their shows. In 2018, they played in Ottawa. Current members Vadym Krasnooky - vocal, guitar, songwriting (1991–present) Maxym Krasnooky - bass (1996–present) Vadym Nikitan - trumpet (2004–present) Valeriy Chesnokov - trombone (2005–present) Volodymyr Zyumchenko - drums (2005–present) Former members Bohdan Ocheretyany - drums (1994–2005) Maksym Kochetov – saxophone (2004–2006) Anton Buryko – trumpet (2004–2005) Volodymyr Pushkar – trombone (2004–2005) Bohdan Humenyuk - saxophone, flute (2006–2008)