From Rush’s Wedding to. . .
Israel — and you gotta love this:
“Shalom, we are so happy to be back here! Ain’t nothing gonna stop us from coming, baby,” spouted John with a pumped fist in the air. “Musicians spread love and peace, and bring people together. That’s what we do. We don’t cherry-pick our conscience.”
The crowd of 45,000 exploded, and after that John could have performed an hour and a half of show tunes and they wouldn’t have cared. But instead, he turned into a human jukebox for two and-a-half hours, generously delving into his deep catalogue of classic pop and rock songs spanning back to his self-titled breakout album in 1969.