Tribute to Dalai Lama by a music band a big hit in Youtube

Dalai Lama tribute big hit on You Tube
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3 March 2008
Morpeth Herald
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A NORTHUMBRIAN rock band's tribute song has become a huge hit on the video sharing site 'You Tube'.

The film for the song 'Dalai Lama' by The Age ? a tribute to the man who has lived in exile following his flight from Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949 ? was filmed in India at Dharamsala where he now resides.

It has attracted huge interest across the world from Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike and it is about to chalk up its 50,000th viewing.

The Age's film-maker and song-writer Carl Cape, from Hadston, said the Dalai Lama had thanked him for his "most thoughtful gesture" and for a copy of his album featuring spoken word extracts by the former Tibetan government minister TC Tethong.

He added: "We're not a Buddhist band but the teachings of the Dalai Lama make a lot of sense to The Age and we think a safer, more peaceful world can be achieved right now.

"We also wanted to highlight the destructive stance of some multi-national corporations on green issues like pollution, waste and the incessant use of scarce resources."

The song 'Dalai Lama' was released in 2007 on Chevstar Records as part of a remix of the band's first rock album A Peak Experience which features cult writer Colin Wilson (The Outsider).

Part of the video was footage of Tibetan opera at the Tibetan Institute of the Performing Arts and The Age were grateful to the Tibetan government-in-exile for the use of stock video footage of the Dalai Lama.

For more information about The Age and other Northumberland bands, visit www.chevstar.com .