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We
are a strange bunch that have got together for a Free Tibet. The
world needs a Free Tibet. If the Chinese destruction of the Tibetan
environment continues, Tibet's rivers, the source of India's rivers, dies.
If they die, India dies. Billions of people in Chaos. Stop
the destruction. Stop the torture. Free Tibet. We thought of putting on
a show one night. Five days later, we performed a two and a half hour variety
show at His Holiness, the Dalai Lama's private temple to an audience of
eight hundred monks, Tibetan refugees, local Indians and whatever tourists
were 'around'.
We
billed the show as an advertising campaign to request the surviving Beatles
to play the temple on March 10th, 1999. Tibetan Uprising Day. Why the Beatles?
First off, all of us share a love of their music and the message of hope
that they gave us all those years ago. The problem with a Free Tibet campaign
is that the world isn't listening. If the Beatles gave a concert at the
Dalai Lama's Palace on March 10th, the world would sit up and listen and
Tibet’s tragedy could be reversed. If everyone in the world cared enough
to demand that their leaders recognized the Dalai lama and his people's
plight. Tibet would be free in a year.
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We
do not wish to shame the Chinese people, but to request their government
to act in the interests of humanity and free Tibet. It's a great
challenge to Paul, George, and Ringo, but they are the only ones who can
do it. As George Harrison wrote in "While my guitar gently weeps':
I’m sitting here doing nothing but aging” - They’ve got the time to they
might as well save the world. Easy, Just play March 10th, we’ve got the
satellite hooked up, no problem. Performing at our show on 27th Dec 1998
were Tibetan, Indian, American, Canadian, Australian, English, Irish, French,
Belgium, Japanese, Nepalese, German, Italian, and many other nationalities
who were all united for a Free Tibet and for the Beatles to act as the
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These
performers had many amazing stories between them. A Kali priestess performing
ancestor rites after her father’s funeral, tales of synchronicity, chance
and magic. One of the Tibetan performers (for reasons of his safety,
we shall not name him) arrived directly from Tibet. Five days later
he sang Tibetan freedom songs at the most sacred temple of the Tibetan
exile community. The next day he met His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, on the
exact spot he had played the day before. That night he returned to Tibet.
That man, nineteen years old tat he is, will bring a message of great hope
back with him to Tibet - Freedom is possible if enough people believe in
it. Politics and intellectual argument get us nowhere. Song, laughter,
care love, and awakening awareness will win the day. Please care enough
to do something. Let’s free Tibet and do something useful with our
lives. Happy New Year.
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