Music legends joined Sunday with hundreds of thousands of people at Washington’s Lincoln Memorial in a vast emotional celebration of Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration as the first black US president. Obama and his family sang to the music along with a massive crowd who braved biting cold to witness mega-stars including Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Stevie Wonder perform on the same steps Martin Luther King Jr roused the civil rights movement 46 years ago.
more after the emotional moment…
By dawn, tens of thousands bundled in winter coats and gloves were already streaming through intense security cordons for the “We Are One” extravaganza that boasted a line-up with as many big names as a LiveAid concert.
When Irish rockers U2 sang “Pride (In the Name of Love),” its song dedicated to the memory of King, singer Bono told the crowd the civil rights’ leader’s vision had been realized: “On Tuesday, that dream comes to pass!”
Music legends Wonder and Springsteen joined soul divas Beyonce and Mary J. Blige and a host of other stars – Jon Bon Jovi, John Legend, Shakira, Usher and James Taylor and many others.
It doesn’t matter whether Obama is black, white or yellow as long as he turns out to be a good president, we seriously need someone to bring us out of this slump, don’t we?
photos: Fame
source: AFP
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