McCartney, Starr Lead Harrison Tribute Concert [Archive]

ABCKO

Oct 03, 2002, 11:39 PM

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Other artists confirmed to perform include Tom Petty, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Jools Holland, Leon Russell, and various members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. According to organizers, the show will feature Harrison's music, "as well as music he loved."

"The tribute for George will resound not only within the Albert Hall but hopefully reach the spirit of the man so loved by his friends who will be performing and attending," Olivia Harrison said in a statement. Proceeds will benefit Harrison's the Material World Charitable Foundation, which funds music, education, and art programs for people with special needs.

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Great line-up but... no Bob Dylan ?
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What a lovely & touching statement by Olivia...
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All for a good cause...
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What else can one ask for...?
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...that the concert be eventually released on CD and video !
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kenny willis

Oct 04, 2002, 12:31 AM

McCartney, Starr Lead Harrison Tribute Concert

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will make a rare appearance together as part of a London concert commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Beatles guitarist George Harrison. The event, set for Nov. 29 at Royal Albert Hall, was planned by Harrison's widow Olivia and guitarist Eric Clapton, who will supervise the show's musical content. Tickets go on sale Oct. 11.

Other artists confirmed to perform include Tom Petty, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Jools Holland, Leon Russell, and various members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. According to organizers, the show will feature Harrison's music, "as well as music he loved."

"The tribute for George will resound not only within the Albert Hall but hopefully reach the spirit of the man so loved by his friends who will be performing and attending," Olivia Harrison said in a statement. Proceeds will benefit Harrison's the Material World Charitable Foundation, which funds music, education, and art programs for people with special needs.

As previously reported, Harrison's final album, "Brainwashed," is due Nov. 19 via Dark Horse/EMI. The set was produced by the artist with his son Dhani and Lynne. Among the guests who appear are Lynne, Keltner, and Holland.

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FPSHOT

Oct 04, 2002, 04:28 AM

I hope I can get a ticket.

So, to you all, stay off the telephone line.

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edubeltran

Oct 05, 2002, 01:28 PM

does anyone know whether pattie boyd is attending?

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Hari's Chick

Oct 05, 2002, 01:51 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
I hope I can get a ticket.

So, to you all, stay off the telephone line.

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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/tongue1.gif I am employing an underpaid, overexploited team of former Kathie-Lee Gifford sweatshop refugees highly skilled in the art of redial!!

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IAN TATERSHALL

Oct 06, 2002, 02:18 PM

FPSHOT - Will be happy to stay off the redial button. I'm thinking of going down there on the 10th with my sleeping bag.

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Sally

Oct 07, 2002, 01:17 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By IAN TATERSHALL:
FPSHOT - Will be happy to stay off the redial button. I'm thinking of going down there on the 10th with my sleeping bag.

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Ian don't do that, because they made it clear to me on the phone that they will not sell tickets to anyone in person from the Box Office and they will only sell them over the phone which I think is pretty crap but there you go.

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bluemaryryan

Oct 07, 2002, 02:11 PM

I wish that we could both be there!

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IAN TATERSHALL

Oct 07, 2002, 08:03 PM

Thanks for that Sally. I found out today that they would not be selling over the counter, but I promise you it was only by chance that I phoned. It was only by a nose hair that I didn't buy my bus ticket and fill my hip flask. Thanks for telling me, anyway. I now have to tell the other people I know who were planning on a stopover.

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Hari's Chick

Oct 07, 2002, 09:40 PM

This is an EC site, which contradicts above reports, saying tickets will *only* be on sale at the box office? I imagine this is mistaken (?), but may be a heads-up to double and triple check for those of you in England. www.xs4all.nl/~slowhand/news/09222002.htm (http://www.xs4all.nl/~slowhand/news/09222002.htm)

The rest of us will have to cross our fingers! Nice picture of George & Eric here...

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Hari's Chick

Oct 07, 2002, 10:06 PM

Also, CBS is reporting, on an update from 10/8 (updated tomorrow! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif ) that in fact tickets will be on sale both online *and* at the box office~

"Proceeds from the concert will go to the Material World Charitable Foundation. Tickets go on sale Oct. 11 at the Royal Albert Hall and online."

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Hanstopo

Oct 08, 2002, 04:32 AM

This is directly from www.royalalberthall.com (http://www.royalalberthall.com)

Tribute to George Harrison

Friday 29 November 2002 7:30 pm - Tickets available

Tickets: £150 - £25

EVENT ON SALE: FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER, 9AM
Maximum 6 tickets per person
Tickets are available from: RAH Box Office - no personal callerS, no internet sales

Only from RAH Box Office!!!!!!

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Hari's Chick

Oct 09, 2002, 09:41 AM

OKay, I called the RAH, and here is what they said...
Contrary to what the site says, they will NOT be selling tickets at the counter. They will be sold over the phone at the box office number...
20-7589-8212
for overseas calls~ 0-11-44-20-7589-8212
and also they have set up a 24 hour line for it~
87-0121-2700

Tickets go on sale friday at 9:00, and the box office clock was sychronized nearly ten minutes ahead of mine, so call early.

also, yes, the link listed in "What Goes On" will be open for ticket sales as well...it will open at 9:00, so she said if it isn't listed beforehand or doesn't allow access, don't panic. It'll let you in at 9:00.

That's the news, straight from RAH!

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FiendishThingie

Oct 09, 2002, 11:34 AM

If I can get through, I'll get the max (6) to help cover all my Link buddies! Thanks HC!

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AriesGirl78

Oct 10, 2002, 12:25 AM

Man, I wish I could be there!

Major props to those of y'all who can go.

I hope they do release it on video.

Awesome quote from Olivia!

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Cavern Girl

Oct 11, 2002, 04:00 AM

I got tickets!!!! I cant believe it, Im in a daze!!!!!

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SF4-EVER

Oct 11, 2002, 04:03 AM

Congrats, Cavern Girl! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/clap1.gif So, how many of us are you bringing with you? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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FiendishThingie

Oct 11, 2002, 08:26 AM

Congrats Cavern Girl! I'm glad you were successful! Of course, you know this means you'll have to write a review for us! Please!!!

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"Music always had a transcendental quality inasmuch as it reaches parts of you that you don't expect it to reach. And it can touch you in a way that you can't express. You can think that it hasn't reached you and years later you'll find it coming out." George Harrison

IAN TATERSHALL

Oct 11, 2002, 09:30 AM

Congrats Cavern Girl. I didn't get through and am therefore ticketless. I thus have nothing to show for my efforts other than disillusionment and repetitive strain disorder from phoning the damn number.

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Lucy

Oct 11, 2002, 11:35 AM

Awwwww Ian my heart goes out to you http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

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Hari's Chick

Oct 11, 2002, 07:31 PM

Yeah, no tickets here, either...but many congratz Cavern Girl!!! And yes, yes~~~ we want to hear all the details for sure!!! Maybe you can bring a REALLY big purse and sneak us all in??? Hehehe...we'll get that shrinking formula from HELP!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Hari's Chick

Oct 11, 2002, 07:34 PM

Come to think of it, I've gotten into countless Dead/JG Band shows free...maybe you can pop a door open for us?? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Hari's Chick

Oct 11, 2002, 07:36 PM

Awww, nevermind...it's probably bad karma to sneak into a charity show...

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SingingOm

Oct 12, 2002, 01:03 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Cavern Girl:
I got tickets!!!! I cant believe it, Im in a daze!!!!!

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Well done Cavern Girl, and all the George fans who managed to get tickets! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup2.gif

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Cavern Girl

Oct 12, 2002, 10:47 AM

Thanks for all the congrats guys, it means a lot, another forum I'm on dont seem to like the fact that some people got tickets (digs aplenty) so I was feeling bad until I read this so thank youuuuuuuuu - and of course I'll do a review!!!! When I've peeled myself off the ceiling and stopped shaking and jumped off my little number nine cloud!!

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Beatlesgal

Oct 12, 2002, 07:02 PM

Cavern Girl

Oct 13, 2002, 08:43 AM

I will http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/bouncing2.gif

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FPSHOT

Oct 14, 2002, 01:03 AM

I tried to get trough by phone, from opening hour on, and by the time I got through, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif it was sold out http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif .

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It better be Beatles/Harrison people who got the tickets.

If not I will offer myself to those as a sort of guide; " the one on the left is Jeff Lynne, (who??) REMEMBER f*****g ELO??? (Ahhh, mr blue sky) the one on the far right is Eric Clapton - no not the one with the white hair, that's Tom Petty (who??) TOM PETTY http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gif , no that's not Ringo, that's Ravi Shankar.

I'm gonna have dreams like that.

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bearkat77

Oct 14, 2002, 11:23 PM

Looks like it's med time again, FPSHOT. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif

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FPSHOT

Oct 20, 2002, 01:47 AM

VH1 has an interview with Tom Petty, where he speaks about amongst others the Beatles.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1458222/10182002/petty_tom.jhtml

VH1: You’re playing the upcoming George Harrison tribute concert. What are you going to do?

Petty: Everybody is doing George songs. My understanding of it is that this is music that George would want to hear. Actually, he probably wouldn’t want to hear his songs, but that’s what we’re going to do. I think there’s going to be some Indian music and some ukulele music and the Voices of Bulgaria. These are things that he really loved. I’ve had two conversations with Eric Clapton that were very brief so far and Eric had written down some suggestions for me. I’m going to look at them and see which one comes out best. He asked me to sing “Isn’t It a Pity,” “Taxman” or “If I Needed Someone.” They’d also like to do a Wilburys number. So maybe we’ll do that. The song that George always played when he was hanging around my house is a kind of obscure one from the second Wilburys album called “If You Belonged to Me.” He used to play that on the ukulele a lot. I think I’m gonna play that. That reminds me of George.

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Hari's Chick

Nov 18, 2002, 06:22 PM

This should come back up to the top. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif
Bob Dylan, as mentioned on What Goes On, can't make it...but you can listen to his tribute on his website. I'm sure he will be there in spirit on the 29th, they are so close to each other. http://www.bobdylan.com/performances/index.html

Also, I think we can add Leon Russell to the list of preformers, it looks like.

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taxgirl

Nov 19, 2002, 12:01 AM

Now I can do a countdown!

10 days!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/rolling4.gif

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FPSHOT

Nov 23, 2002, 01:12 PM

Tom Petty is touring tight now and this week he has performed Isn't It A Pity which he likely also will play in London on the 29th.

Mike Campbell does the slide parts and what we have been able to hear from him, he is not bad at it at all.

There is some warning at Abbey Road's newspage about some fake last-minute tickets being sold from the US for the concert.

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taxgirl

Nov 27, 2002, 12:50 AM

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=12401895&method=full&siteid=50061&page=1

Charity ticket touts cash in on ex-Beatle Nov 25 2002

By Kevin Core Daily Post Correspondent

TOUTS are exploiting a charity tribute concert to the late George Harrison by selling tickets at massively inflated prices.
Friday's concert at the Royal Albert Hall reunites surviving Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in aid of Harrison's Material World Charitable Foundation.

In one instance, a pair of stalls tickets with a face value of £150 each were sold on an internet auction site for £1,550.

Tickets for the event sold out within hours, and it is feared that many of them were bought by money-grubbing touts, not music fans. George's widow, Olivia Harrison, expressed sadness that the celebration had been hijacked.

She said: "I am extremely disappointed to discover that some people have bought tickets for the tribute concert only so that they can sell them on for a profit.

"This completely goes against the spirit in which this celebration was conceived.

"I only hope that the people who intend to sell these tickets on will donate the profits to our charity or to another charity."

The touts are eyeing huge profits for themselves, instead of George's foundation for the arts and those with special needs.

Friday's concert marks the first anniversary of the ex-Beatle's death from cancer. He was 58.

Paul and Ringo will be joined by a phenomenal cast of Harrison's friends, including Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and Jools Holland.
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I feel sorry for all the fans that could not get a ticket because of those sharks.

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SoftTouch

Nov 27, 2002, 04:59 AM

This is completely disgusting, but I'm not surprised at all. This is exactly the kind of mindlessness and corruption that George sang about over and over...it's sad, but I don't believe this world will ever change.

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Lucy

Nov 27, 2002, 05:20 AM

That is so sad and makes me really angry. Some people are so disturbed.

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Siobhan

Nov 27, 2002, 06:12 AM

It is terrible that people can get away with doing something like this, but not a surprise. What really makes it worse is the fact that it is a charity event. These people have absolutely no respect.

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beatlebangs1964

Nov 27, 2002, 09:02 AM

I think it flies in the face of and undermines the message George wanted to impart. This makes me http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/sad.gif

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