On Sept.26, former Toto frontman Bobby Kimball, Starship vocalist Mickey Thomas, former Journey singer Steve Augeri, former Deep Purple vocalist Joe Lynn Turner and Dr.Haruhisa Handa sang at the "Shingeki no Hanshin Kyojin Rock Concert" at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
Mickey Thomas joined Jefferson Starship in 1980s and became the band leader in 1984.The group changed its name to Starship in 1985. The same year, they got much attention with "We Built this City".
Thomas sang Starship's five big hits. In introducing "We built this City," Thomas said to the audience, "A lot of people think this song is about San Francisco, but it's about Tokyo!"
(source: THE JAPAN TIMES, Oct.4, 2014)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/03/music/legendary-artists-rock-tokyo-raise-money-charity/#.VF2AzamChMs
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