At Ford Field in Detroit, Micky Dolenz stopped mid-song when he saw a sign: “I got into Stanford. You said we’d sing together.” From the crowd stepped Lily Tran, once a foster child, now a Stanford scholar. At nine, she’d told Dolenz her dream of escaping hardship through education and music. He’d promised: “If I’m still singing, we’ll do a song together.” On this night, they fulfilled it with “Daydream Believer.” Her trembling voice grew stronger with every note, until the arena erupted in tears and cheers. Dolenz whispered: “You didn’t just keep your promise… you reminded me to keep mine.”
phil A PROMISE KEPT — HOW MICKY DOLENZ AND A FORMER FOSTER CHILD TURNED “DAYDREAM BELIEVER” INTO A NIGHT DETROIT WILL…