The Concert For Bangladesh - George Harrison & Friends

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The Concert For Bangladesh - George Harrison & Friends

APPLE CORPS TO RELEASE "THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH - GEORGE HARRISON AND

FRIENDS" ON DVD LANDMARK BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY GEORGE

HARRISON, RAVI SHANKAR, BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON & RINGO STARR Apple Corps is

proud to announce the autumn 2005 release of "The Concert For Bangladesh -

George Harrison & friends" on DVD and CD. The Concert for Bangladesh was the

first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary

assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause -

setting the precedent that music

could be used to serve a higher cause. The concert sold out Madison Square

Garden and along with the Grammy® Award-winning triple-album boxset, and the

feature film, has generated millions of dollars for UNICEF and raised awareness

for the organization around the world, as well as among other musicians and

their fans. It is therefore acknowledged as the inspiration and forerunner to

the major global fundraising events of recent years. To quote the United

Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "George and his friends were pioneers."

Besides George himself the concert features some of his friends, including:

Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy

Preston. Performances include 'Here Comes The Sun', 'Something', 'While My

Guitar Gently Weeps', 'My Sweet Lord', 'Just Like A Woman', 'Blowin' In The

Wind' and 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'. During the struggle for independence

from Pakistan millions of refugees fled to neighboring India to

escape hunger, disease and bloodshed. The crisis was deepened when massive

floods hit the region. Alerted to the scale of the suffering by his friend Ravi

Shankar, George Harrison organized The Concert For Bangladesh at Madison Square

Garden on August 1st, 1971 with the proceeds going to UNICEF. The DVD will be

released by WMG (Warner Music Group) in the US on October 25th, 2005, and

October 24th in the rest of the world, as a 2-disc package, including the

original 99-minute film restored and remixed in 5.1, as well as 72-minutes of

extras. The extras feature a 45-minute documentary "The Concert For Bangladesh

Revisited with George Harrison & friends", about the background to the two

shows with exclusive interviews and contributions from UN Secretary-General

Kofi Annan and Sir Bob Geldof. There is also previously unseen footage: "If Not

For You", featuring George and Bob Dylan from rehearsals, "Come On In My

Kitchen" featuring George, Eric Clapton and Leon Russell at the

sound check and a Bob Dylan performance from the afternoon show of "Love Minus

Zero/No Limit", not included in the original film. Apple Corps/WMG will also

simultaneously release a special deluxe version (limited to 50,000 copies

worldwide) that will feature a 64-page book and other collectibles. The album

of the concert has been remixed and repackaged as a 2-disc set, and is released

in the US on October 25th, 2005 by Capitol Records and on October 24th in the

rest of the world, by Sony BMG Entertainment. This will contain an additional

track - the Bob Dylan performance of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit". All artists'

royalties from the sales of the DVD and the CD will continue to go to UNICEF.

Thank you, www.georgeharrison.com

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