One Love Peace Festival
Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 29 April 1978
SUNDAY AFTERNOON Bob Marley relaxed on his front stoop. Everybody is still discussing the One Love peace show the previous day, on the night of the full moon. Bob laughs. "They said the moon would be red and it was ", pausing dramatically, "It was red-eye!" (i.e. stoned).
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