Posted by: Jae-Ha Kim
Category: Lifestyle
Tags: Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, charity concerts, Comic Relief, Concert for Bangladesh, Farm Aid, John Mellencamp, Live Aid, Neil Young, U2, Willie Nelson
Staging a rescue
Spearheaded by George Harrison, the Concert for Bangladesh was attended by more than 40,000 fans. The lineup at Madison Square Garden was a who’s who of the era’s most popular rock musicians: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Badfinger, Leon Russell, Billy Preston and Ravi Shankar. The concert, along with sales from the live album, raised more than $10 million for the nation’s starving refugees.
