Glastonbury: Dalai Lama warms up for Lionel Richie

[Chittychangchang]

The Dalai Lama has appeared on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury alongside US singer Patti Smith.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader received a huge cheer from the crowd, who later sang him Happy Birthday.



After the Dalai Lama delivered a speech about happiness and Smith finished her visceral punk poetry, 1980s pop star Lionel Richie was next on the stage.

Richie, whose hits include All Night Long, Hello and Dancing on the Ceiling, was in the mid-afternoon "legend" slot.

One of the most hotly anticipated acts on the final day of the famously eclectic festival, he opened with his 1983 hit single Running With The Night.

Glastonbury: Dalai Lama warms up for Lionel Richie - BBC News

[bobo746]

Patti Smith looks a mess,hard life.

[Iceman123]

Patti Smith looks a mess,hard life.

Dalai Lama was not swatting away modelling contracts neither just quietly.

[baldrick]

^ have you seen him in a mankini ?

might have to arc up some Lionel on youtube - reminisce about the dance floor frottage of my youth

[kmart]

Patti Smith looks a mess,hard life.

She is 70 yo. Still doing big tours, and wowing audiences with her energy, music, and great shows. Hope I'm still doing half as well at her age.

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[Hans Mann]

[billy the kid]

looks great for a 70 yr ole.
Dali Lama looks even better at 80.

[patsycat]

^ have you seen him in a mankini ?

might have to arc up some Lionel on youtube - reminisce about the dance floor frottage of my youth

The whole concert was on the Beeb. He did every song that i remember!! Frottage memory ones included!! Great concert. You may find a download.

And Lionel is looking good for whatever age he is too.

[steevee]

also rumoured to be on the bill but didn't show up.

[wasabi]

Fck hope the Chinese in Beijing impose sanctions on the U.K. Like they have done in Africa , any African citizen can invite The Monk to their African country, but they will not issue Deli a visa, China gets the African Governments to refuse him a visa.
What visa was issued to him to enter the U.K.

[Paddy Whackery]

^ have you seen him in a mankini ?

might have to arc up some Lionel on youtube - reminisce about the dance floor frottage of my youth

The whole concert was on the Beeb. He did every song that i remember!! Frottage memory ones included!! Great concert. You may find a download.

And Lionel is looking good for whatever age he is too.

I saw Lionel's performance and he was really great. A real musician who can work the crowd. (I also heard the Dali Lama speak in Central Park NYC in 1999 - i believe?).

Unfortunately, i saw some of that monkey Kanya's antics at that awards show which Paul Weller described as "utter shite"...I'd sooner pay to watch monkeys j**king off at the zoo. No wonder they started that petition. Rock star my arse.

[pompeysbroke]

A punk rock star...a different time with anarchy and rebellion the central theme. Don't care or give a toss attiude. Just listening to The Jam now...News of the World and it still rocks