NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: British pop star Paul McCartney performs on stage alongside other artists at "The Concert for New York City" held at Madison Square Gardens on October 20, 2001 in New York. 1/22/10, London, England, UK --- LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 22: In this handout photo provided by MTV, Bono, Jay-Z and Rihanna perform together on stage at the Hope For Haiti Now concert, a global benefit for earthquake relief, at The Hospital Club on January 22, 2010 in London, England.
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Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News via Getty Images More than 7 million Bengalis had already fled to India from the genocidal war waged against their struggle for independence when Ravi Shankar approached George Harrison with the idea of putting together a benefit concert for the refugees. British rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, who had begun raising awareness of the ongoing famine in Ethiopia with the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: British pop star Paul McCartney performs on stage alongside other artists at "The Concert for New York City" held at Madison Square Gardens on October 20, 2001 in New York. Beastie Boys during Tibetan Freedom Concert June - 1996 at Polo Fields, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, United States. As such, we are closely monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak according to the guidelines and recommendations of the The Steel Wheels & Chris Wilson for Westminster Neighborhood ServicesMartin Sexton & J. Elliott for Little Wish FoundationStephen Kellogg & Jason Andrew Brown for Random Acts of FlowersDarden Smith & Amy Black for the IAC Youth ProgramsJeremy Buck, MoeZ & Just Push Play for Indy Thunder (Photo by KMazur/WireImage) While studying Buddhism in Nepal in the early Nineties, the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch learned more about the quiet struggle of the Tibetan people to gain independence from the repressive Chinese government.
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Bob Dylan asked from the stage during Live Aid (much to Bob Geldof's annoyance). (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) had helped organize a successful multi-artist benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in February 1970 to raise money for political candidates opposing the Vietnam War.
Nearly 20 years later, on July 2, 2005, Geldof would throw Live 8, a less epochal but perhaps even more ambitious event, which consisted of concerts in nine countries. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Canada Street, Lake George, NY .
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But the September 2005 benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina also offered up fine performances by New Orleans natives Aaron Neville, Wynton Marsalis and event organizer Harry Connick, Jr. In response, Harrison organized an unprecedented event — the two concerts at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971 constituted the first rock fundraiser on such a scale. (Photo by WireImage House/WireImage) What you remember about A Concert for Hurricane Relief is Kanye West declaring "George Bush doesn't care about black people" while Mike Myers stood dumbfounded. Help us achieve our goals by donating today!
In response to Dylan's statement, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young assembled Farm Aid, a 1985 fundraiser for U.S. family farmers, held in Champaign, Illinois. Saturday - 7/27/2019; 5:00PM - 10:00PM; Lake George , NY; Saturday - 7/27/2019 5:00PM - 10:00PM Donation / $ Shepard Park. 1.3K likes.
Keith Harris Keith Harris Reporter. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Clear Channel) Hurricane Sandy ripped through the eastern seaboard of the United States in October 2012, causing $60 billion in damage. On September 21, the four major U.S. television networks aired In December 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean — the third-largest ever recorded — spawned a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries. Concerts For a Cause, Camas, WA. Two months later, on December 12, this all-star benefit, held at Madison Square Garden and broadcast widely on television and online, raised funds for victims of the storm in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.