U2 were in Washington, D.C. Sunday where they were among this year’s Kennedy Center honorees.

President Biden welcomed the band to the White House along with the other honorees — actor George Clooney, singers Amy Grant and Gladys Knight, and composer Tania Leon. Biden said, “U2 has spoken and sung about the unspeakable costs of hate and anger and division. The pain, the suffering, the denial of freedom, the senseless loss of life and the inhumanity we inflict on one another as nations, as people, and in our own lives. All flowing from division, that for all of us, its physical manifestations lie first and foremost in our hearts.”

The celebration then moved to the Kennedy Center, where Eddie Vedder paid tribute to U2 by singing “Elevation” and “One,” and Sean Penn spoke about the band’s philanthropy.

Comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen, speaking in the voice of his fictional Kazakh journalist character Borat, said, “Please remove your wretched album (2014’s Songs of Innocence) from my iPhone 6. Your band fight oppressions from around the world. Stop it!”

He was followed by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Jamala, Hozier and Brandi Carlile, who sand “Walk On.”

Sheryl Crow, and the Highwomen (Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires) helped pay tribute to singer Amy Grant.

The Kennedy Center Honors will air on CBS on December 28th at 8 p.m. ET.