Charity support

I wonder if fans of benefit and charity concerts, events such as Live Aid, or the Concert for New York City, know how this phenomenon started? I would be the last person to knock Bob Geldof for his great work, or the other organisers, but the first benefit concert of its kind actually took place back in 1971 in response to a crisis in Bangladesh following the arrival of 10 million East Pakistani refugees. The concert was organised by non other than George Harrison and featured such giants in the music world as Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, and of course George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

This concert has just been released on DVD and you can check out the website for more details. I have a copy of the album and the music is really great. However, a more important point is that all artists' royalties from the sales of the DVD will go to UNICEF.

(Oh, and if anyone's thinking of buying this for me... keep an eye on my wishlist because I can't guarantee that I'll hold off buying it for myself for much longer!)