...and a thing or two about peace, too...

Such as this?
From Whelan's Dublin review, of Richie's July 2005 concert:

...Richie gave a plaintive, soon to be prophetic, rendition of Bruce Murdoch's protest song "Lets Lay Down Your Drums" with its moving and relevant lyric, "songs like these shouldn't need to be sung."

Moments like this were what added the magic to tonight's gig, against the highly publicised backdrop of Live8 and the terrorist attacks which were only a few hours away, these were simple, intelligent and passionate protest songs, a tool which is very rarely heard today, yet so effective.