1997 Annual Benefit Concert

1997 Annual Benefit Concert

List Of Artists

  • Philip Glass
  • John Cale
  • Billy Corgan
  • Alan Ginsberg
  • Ben Harper
  • Nawang Khechog
  • Yungchen Lhamo
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Patti Smith
  • Michael Stipe
  • Drepung Loseling Monks

Set List

  • Philip Glass – Welcome
  • Robert Thurman – Remarks
  • Monks – Invocation
  • Ben Harper – Redemption Song
  • Ben Harper – Oppression
  • Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Kaye, Peter Yanowitz & John Cale – Don’t Smoke
  • Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg – Sunflower Sutra
  • Philip Glass – Mad Rush
  • Philip Glass & Natalie Merchant – Planctus
  • Billy Corgan – Need
  • Billy Corgan – Death
  • Natalie Merchant, Billy Corgan, John Cale & Nawang Khechog – Come All Ye Fair Tender Ladies
  • John Cale, Natalie Merchant, Billy Corgan, Peter Yanowitz &
  • Lenny Kaye – Ship of Fools
  • John Cale – Chinese Envoy
  • Patti Smith, John Cale, Oliver Ray & Lenny Kaye – Spell
  • Patti Smith & John Cale – Beneath the Southern Cross
  • Patti Smith Poem to the Dalai Lama
  • Yungchen Llamo Song to the Dalai Lama
  • Yungchen Llamo Tibetan Prayer
  • Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Billy Corgan, John Cale – Skeletons
  • Nawang Khechog – Celebration
  • Michael Stipe, Patti Smith & Billy Corgan – E-Bow
  • Michael Stipe, Tony Shanahan, Billy Corgan & Natalie Merchant – Long Road
  • All Artists – People Have the Power