WASHINGTON (12:20 p.m.) -- This is one of the biggest

moments in Sean Lennon's young life.

And, as usual, he handles it quietly, if not coyly.

With a slightly timid but confident "thank you" from Lennon, the son of

Yoko Ono and the late John Lennon makes his first major concert debut as

a solo artist here at the Tibetan Freedom Concert.

Accompanied on keyboards by Cibo Matto member Yuka Honda, who is also

his producer and girlfriend, Lennon and his band

launch into "Mystery Juice." His high voice is

neither reminiscent of his mom's nor his dad's voice, and it floats high

above an audience that is increasingly getting larger as people

continue to pour into the stadium from the outside.

He follows "Mystery Juice" with two instrumental songs, then goes into

HREF="http://www.addict.com/music/Lennon,_Sean/Spaceship.ram">"Spacesh

ip" (RealAudio excerpt), another song from his debut solo album,

Into the Sun. Although the crowd response is warm, it isn't

overwhelming.

"Sean is no John Lennon, but thank God he's no Jakob Dylan, either," says Ron

Speller, 24, referring to the son of folk-rock legend Bob Dylan who

is also leader of the pop-rock band the Wallflowers.

Sean says goodbye to the crowd, and soon after, Pulp lead singer Jarvis

Cocker saunters onto the stage, quite literally kicks off his shoes and

writhes and twists his way across the stage, launching into the

HREF="http://www.addict.com/music/Pulp/The_Fear.ram">"The Fear"

(RealAudio excerpt), the first song off Pulp's latest album, This Is

Hardcore. Even though this band is relatively unknown in America and has

no hit single, Cocker's stage

presence seems to electrify the crowd.

"I have no idea who these guys are, but they're cool," 17 year-old Jill

Walker says.