The Concert for Bangladesh – originally titled
The Concert for Bangla Desh – is a
live triple album by
George Harrison and celebrity friends, released on
Apple Records in December 1971 in America and January 1972 in Britain. The album followed the two
concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New York's
Madison Square Garden, featuring Harrison,
Bob Dylan,
Ravi Shankar,
Ali Akbar Khan,
Ringo Starr,
Billy Preston,
Leon Russell and
Eric Clapton. The shows were a pioneering charity event, in aid of the homeless
Bengali refugees of the
Bangladesh Liberation War, and set the model for future multi-artist rock benefits such as
Live Aid (1985) and
the Concert for New York City (2001).