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Joni Mitchell during the “Conspiracy of Hope” Amnesty International Concert Tour, at the Giants Stadium show in Rutherford, New Jersey, June 15, 1986, by Patrick Harbon, via socanmagazine

(I was there! An amazing day I’ll have to tell you about some time. Joni played with Sting’s Blue Turtles band backing her. Her appearance was a last-minute addition, so there was no time to rehearse – but she was floored that they all knew her songs, and they decided to just go for it! Coming on after sets by Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, and Bryan Adams had burned the joint to the ground, and with U2 and the first post-breakup appearance of The Police due up next, the crowd was a bit itchy, to say the least, but Joni and the fellas slayed.)