George Harrison’s 1971 charity shindig “The Concert for Bangladesh,” a rock extravaganza that paved the way for all-star benefits and set a new low for fiscal mismanagement, is coming to DVD for the ...

Harrison had also invented the superstar benefit concert, a milestone immortalized in the documentary filmed that day and its Grammy-winning soundtrack. This month, The Concert for Bangladesh is ...

The Concert for Bangladesh featured performances by Harrison, Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell. Eric Clapton made a guest appearance on Harrison’s rendition of the ...

On Aug. 1, 1971, George Harrison leveraged his status as one of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll stars on the planet to help fight a humanitarian crisis that few in the Western hemisphere knew anything about ...

The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two benefit concerts organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7:00 p.m. on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New ...

As with the original concert, proceeds from purchasing or streaming the album will go to the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. A short trailer for the film shows Harrison ...

Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1971, the music world descended on Madison Square Garden for an event like no other. It was the first major charity concert of its kind — the Concert for Bangladesh. In ...

Just two short years after the Beatles officially split, George Harrison embarked on a massive solo project unlike anything the Fab Four had ever done previously. Harrison took the initial benefit ...

In 1971, legendary sitarist, Ravi Shankar, asked his long-time friend, George Harrison, to help with a humanitarian crisis happening in his native Bangladesh; the result was the Concert for Bangladesh ...