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Madison Square Garden, New York City, US. Founded by. George Harrison, Ravi Shankar. The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) [1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar.
- 1 August 1971
- Madison Square Garden, New York City, US
The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) [2] is a live triple album credited to " George Harrison & Friends" [3] [4] and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom.
- 1 August 1971
- 20 December 1971
May 31, 1972 · The Concert for Bangladesh: Directed by Saul Swimmer. With George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr. The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
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Jul 30, 2021 · George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell perform at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. GAB Archive/Redferns. Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1971, the music world descended on Madison Square...
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On this day in 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar staged two concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people, victims of simultaneous floods, famine and civil war.