Pearl Jam, REM, DMB, RHCP, Beastie Boys and more: 25th Anniversary of Tibetan Freedom Concert
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Freedom_Concert
Washington D.C.[edit]
Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Sean Lennon, Mutabaruka, Money Mark, A Tribe Called Quest, Dave Matthews Band, Sonic Youth, Nawang Khechog, Wyclef Jean, Canibus, Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Buffalo Daughter, R.E.M., KRS-One, The Wallflowers, Blues Traveler, Live, Pearl Jam, Luscious Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chaksam-pa, Pulp, Bran Van 3000. Many bands, including Kraftwerk and Beck, were cancelled after lightning strikes at the beginning of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters' set on the first day of music.
Speakers: Xiao Qiang – Human Rights in China, Lhadon Tethong – Students for a Free Tibet, Palden Gyatso – Former Political Prisoner, Wei Jingsheng – Chinese Democracy Activist and Former Political Prisoner
Washington D.C. lightning strike[edit]
As Herbie Hancock took the stage during the Washington, D.C. Concert at about 3:00 PM (June 1998), a storm system formed over the open-air RFK Stadium. While Hancock played, lightning struck fan Lysa Selfon. She was resuscitated on-scene and taken to the trauma unit of a local hospital, and was transferred the next day to D.C. General Hospital. Twelve people were injured; four critically. Selfon suffered the worst injuries and was visited in the hospital by a number of performers. Her burns were worst on her chest, where her underwire bra attracted the electricity and probably caused cardiac arrest.[18]
R.E.M., Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally scheduled for the first day's concert) returned to perform the following day.[19]
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some cool music events/collabs at that event...
Debut of REM without Bill Berry.
REM/Radiohead singer collabs
Blind Melon guitarist playing with Live
Surprise Chili Peppers set back with Frusciante
Dalai Lama / Dolly Parton collab (just kidding)
No so cool collab...
Live playing Lightning Crashes...then later visiting person(s) in hospital that was hit by lightning