Live Press Release TIBET HOUSE NEW YORK 6th ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL MONDAY, MARCH 9TH AT 7:30PM

SHERYL CROW - NATALIE MERCHANT - PATTI SMITH PHILIP GLASS - JOHN CALE - CAETANO VELOSO - ANGELIQUE KIDJO YUNGCHEN LHAMO - LIVE'S ED KOWALCZYK & CHAD TAYLOR DREPUNG LOSELING MONKS

Tibet House New York will host its 6th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, March 9, 1998 at 7:30pm. This extraordinary concert, which has become a widely anticipated New York event, features performances and collaborations by Sheryl Crow, Natalie Merchant, Patti Smith, Philip Glass, John Cale, Brazilian music legend Caetano Veloso, West African diva Angelique Kidjo, Tibetan songbird Yungchen Lhamo, Ed Kowalczyk & Chad Taylor of the rock group Live and the Drepung Loseling Monks. The Honorary Committee includes Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Melissa Mathison and Harrison Ford and Mary McFadden.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Tibet House New York Cultural Center at 22 West 15th Street. Tibet House New York is non-profit organization, founded in 1987 under the auspices of His Holiness, Dalai Lama, dedicated to the preservation of Tibet's unique cultural heritage. The concert marks The Tibetan New Year's celebration of The Monlam Prayer Festival which was established in 1409 by Jey Tsong Khapa at the Jokhang Monastery in Lhase. The purpose of the Monlam Festival, Tibet's most popular public event of the entire year, is to pray for world peace and prosperity, drawing vast numbers of monks, citizens and pilgrims from all over the country. After all of these centuries, the Chinese government canceled the festival in 1988 and it has not been held in Lhasa since.

Carnegie Hall is located at 881 Seventh Avenue (at 57th Street). Ticket prices for this major concert event are $100, $75, $50, $36.50 and $25 and can be purchased through CarnegieCharge (212) 247-7800 and at the Carnegie Hall box office. Tickets now on sale. A reception with the event's Honorary Chairpersons and artists will follow the performance. For additional information call Tibet House at (212) 213-5592