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Tibet House US Benefit Concert: Michael Stipe Sings Bowie, Orville Peck Covers Cohen, Patti Smith Reads ‘Howl’ & More
Tibet House US Benefit Concert: Michael Stipe, Orville Peck, Patti Smith and more.
After crooning his marvelous “Dead of Night,” the masked country troubadour introduced “a cover I’ve always wanted to do”: Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel #2.” It was an interesting choice, a shade unexpected, but well-suited to his rich, resonant tone. Prior to singing “Peaceable Kingdom” in tribute to late activist Rachel Corrie and all children who have lost their lives to war, Patti Smith electrified Carnegie Hall with an emphatic reading of a selection from Allen Ginsberg’s immortal Howl. Gogol Bordello, the NYC punk band fronted by the Ukrainian-born Eugene Hütz, closed out the evening with a cacophonous celebration of power in the hands of the people and words of support for Ukraine in the midst of its war against Russia.
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