Which musician, together with George Harrison, organised 'The Concert For Bangladesh' at Madison Square Garden in 1971?
The Concert for Bangladesh the United Nations General Assembly, performing the song "Freedom". The Concert for Bangladesh The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country name was originally spelt) was the name given to two benefit concerts organised by former Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar. The concerts were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The shows were organised to raise international awareness and fund relief efforts for refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. The concerts were followed
The Concert for Bangladesh (film) by a newly created documentary feature, "The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends", which included recollections from many of the project's participants and contextual input from then UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, US Fund for UNICEF president Charles Lyons and Live Aid founder Bob Geldof. As with the live album, sales of the DVD release of the film continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. Saul Swimmer's "Concert for Bangladesh" documentary combined footage from both of the Madison Square Garden shows held on 1 August 1971, using George Harrison's preference of the performances of the songs.