Global Citizen Festival (NYC/2015)

[Simple Torture]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

[dprival78]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

ditto. made it up there for '03 too. that was a sneaky good show.

[96583UP]

http://www.stereogum.com/1813772/pearl- ... ival/news/

"This would be Pearl Jam’s first show of 2015, and any fans who can’t make it to the free festival can watch the performance live on MSNBC"

[96583UP]

http://www.stereogum.com/1814055/shaggy ... -cds/news/

Shaggy Says We Can Defeat ISIS With Weed, Shaggy CDs

By Peter Helman @_peterhelman / July 7, 2015 - 6:41 pm

Shaggy is mostly known for his string of hit singles in the late ’90s and early ’00s — “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel” will still immediately compel me to sing along loudly and poorly whenever I hear them (man, whatever happened to Rikrok?). But it looks like the pop-reggae artist might soon be known for something with much weightier global consequences: ending the threat of ISIS once and for all. In a new interview with The Miami New Times to promote his recent single “Go Fuck Yourself,” he had some harsh words for the notorious terrorist organization:

"ISIS can go fuck themselves. That’s some crazy shit what they’re doing. It’s horrible, man. I can’t see…I don’t get that much hate. I just don’t get that level of evil. I can’t understand it…I get someone having a cause. I get somebody fighting for their cause. And I get that people struggle; I get that they suffer. But how does that justify killing your brother? Taking their heads off and filming it…That’s a different level of evil right there."

But, never one to point out a problem without offering a solution, Shaggy went on to suggest an easy plan to implement:

"If you’re able to cut a man’s head off, you’re sick. But right, music evokes emotion. So if they’re listening to Shaggy music or reggae music, they’re not going to want to cut somebody’s head off.

There’re two thing you want to do when you listen to reggae: You get somebody pregnant, or you’re fucking high. High people don’t want to kill nothing; they want to love. They need to bag some Jamaican weed and distribute it amongst ISIS. I guarantee there won’t be any more wars out there…Man, it’ll put them in a vibe. And throw some Bob Marley up in there and there’ll be peace. Some of these world leaders need to be stoners though, really."

Granted, this sample size is a little small, but I know that I personally have never wanted to kill anyone while listening to Shaggy. Shaggy is great. If anyone can pull this off, it’s Shaggy.

[Norah]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

[Simple Torture]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

I remember there was a 5-year-old in the row behind me in '06. Was that you?

[E.H. Ruddock]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

I remember there was a 5-year-old in the row behind me in '06. Was that you?

No that kid was taller

[Norah]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

I remember there was a 5-year-old in the row behind me in '06. Was that you?

No that kid was taller

:/

[E.H. Ruddock]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

I remember there was a 5-year-old in the row behind me in '06. Was that you?

No that kid was taller

:/

Hey Pete. How's Charlie?

[Norah]

I saw a show in Albany in '06 and it was a good time. Nice arena, people were friendly.

I was at Albany 03 and Albany 06. Enjoyed both, but 03 was especially good.

I remember there was a 5-year-old in the row behind me in '06. Was that you?

No that kid was taller

:/

Hey Pete. How's Charlie?

Living the good life.

[E.H. Ruddock]

So awesome. I want to pet his belly

[Norah]

He's a sucker for a good belly rub. But it would take a while before he was interested in you doing it.

[Bammer]

Top billing over Beyonce.

That's impressive.

[Coach]

http://www.stereogum.com/1813772/pearl-jam-seemingly-confirmed-for-global-citizen-festival/news/

"This would be Pearl Jam’s first show of 2015, and any fans who can’t make it to the free festival can watch the performance live on MSNBC"

Interesting if this is true. I wonder if MSNBC will air the entire performance? At any rate, it's something worth watching or DVRing. Maybe they'll play a new song.

[warehouse]

Top billing over Beyonce.

That's impressive.

i heard coldplay had top billing...does anyone know the order of the performances?

[dprival78]

something not right about seeing those names together

[E.H. Ruddock]

Top billing over Beyonce.

That's impressive.

i heard coldplay had top billing...does anyone know the order of the performances?

Dear lord, if that is true, yet another reason not to go.

[warehouse]

something not right about seeing those names together

eddie and beyonce could do a killer duet together.

[E.H. Ruddock]

something not right about seeing those names together

eddie and beyonce could do a killer duet together.

background vocals for Crazy Mary I hope.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Or, maybe they will be the band during "Single Ladies".