Here, on the anniversary of the landmark event, LIFE.com presents photos — none of which ran in LIFE magazine — from the first-ever rock ‘n’ roll benefit show: the Concert for Bangladesh.

George Harrison's Grammy-winning humanitarian project, The Concert for Bangladesh, is now available to stream globally for the first time in the last 53 years. It can be streamed for free on all ...

George Harrison's Grammy award-winning double live Concert for Bangladesh is finally available to stream on all major digital platforms. Presented over two sold-out shows on Aug. 1, 1971 ...

The land that would become Bangladesh faced the full fury of Cyclone Bhola in November ... “We’ve got a good show lined up… I hope so anyway.” The concert began with a Hindustani classical music ...

In 1971, the former Beatle organized a benefit concert ... Bangladesh. He brought in an all-star lineup -- Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar and Eric Clapton -- for two shows ...

Tellus360 is doing its part by announcing a wide range of shows ... Lancaster luminaries for a full 50th anniversary tribute to George Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh" concert on Sunday ...

You can finally listen to George Harrison‘s star-studded Concert for ... trailer for the film shows Harrison singing his final performance of the night, “Bangla Desh,” and highlights the ...

The shows — plus the resulting triple-album and feature film, both released released as The Concert for Bangladesh — raised millions in aid for UNICEF and brought badly-needed attention to the ...

With this continued access, it may join the ranks of culturally important fundraiser concerts like the Concert for Bangladesh and LiveAid, whose reputations as live shows worth revisiting live on ...

By the time George started planning Concert for Bangladesh, Dylan had played only a hand full of shows since 1966 and none in the previous two years. George struggled to get Dylan to sign on to ...

Soon he had enough talent to fill two shows. During an interview with Musician, George revealed that the Concert for Bangladesh happened so fast that there was no time for a rehearsal.

After he consulted with an astrologer—as one does—it was decided that the Concert for Bangladesh would take place on August 1 at Madison Square Garden. There would be two shows, an afternoon ...