Patti Smith sings “Happy Birthday” to Dalai Lama

Mark Matassa Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Patti Smith sings “Happy Birthday” to Dalai Lama</h1>
                <h2><p>In the awesome video of the day, the punk rock legend brought the exiled Tibetan leader onto the stage at southwest England’s Glastonbury music festival and led the huge crowd in a tribute on his 80th birthday, reports The New York Times. Said the Dalai Lama: “Those of you,</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2XPO8B2QZ1g" width="300"></iframe></figure><p>In the awesome video of the day, the punk rock legend brought the exiled Tibetan leader onto the stage at southwest England’s Glastonbury music festival and l<a href="http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/dalai-lama-reflects-on-aging-at-glastonbury/?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=5&version=internal&contentCollection=sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fsinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F06%2F29%2Fdalai-lama-reflects-on-aging-at-glastonbury%2F&eventName=Watching-article-click&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">ed the huge crowd in a tribute</a> on his 80th birthday, reports <em>The New York Times</em>. Said the Dalai Lama: “Those of you, singers and musicians, most of you, white hair. When I look at the hair, quite white, but their voice and physical action look very youthful, very forceful. That gives me encouragement. Myself now, 80 years old, but I should be like you, more active.”</p>
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In the awesome video of the day, the punk rock legend brought the exiled Tibetan leader onto the stage at southwest England’s Glastonbury music festival and led the huge crowd in a tribute on his 80th birthday, reports The New York Times. Said the Dalai Lama: “Those of you, singers and musicians, most of you, white hair. When I look at the hair, quite white, but their voice and physical action look very youthful, very forceful. That gives me encouragement. Myself now, 80 years old, but I should be like you, more active.”

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