By Maximiliano Rivarola
A new Tibet House benefit concert gala took place on Wednesday night, the nonprofit educational institution and cultural embassy founded by the Dalai Lama.
Headquartered at Carnegie Hall in New York City, The event featured Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger de The National, Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal, Bettye LaVette, actress Sandra Oh and Margo Price.
Smith, one of the greatest representatives of the New York punk movement, was the protagonist of the moment of the night by calling all the other guests to the stage to close her brief setlist and the evening singing her anthem of 1988, “People Have the Power”.
In the video of the performance you can see Iggy and Bettye LaVette happily sharing a single microphone next to Philip Glass, the curator of the event, and how excited Bridgers is to step on the same stage as Smith. You can see it below.
