TIL that the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, was the first major charity rock concert in history, raising awareness and funds for refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, and it later inspired massive benefit concerts like Live Aid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh
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