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The concerts that forced George Harrison to quit touring

The concerts that forced George Harrison to quit touring

The concerts that forced George Harrison to quit touring
May 13
10:45 2025

There are a lot of headaches that go into a rock and roll tour before the musicians even get into the rehearsal room. A lot of money has to be passed around between the managers, lawyers, and venues before they get the right idea for what a concert should look like, and when an artist finally reaches that first show, it’s usually completely different than what they had initially expected when they started putting the setlist together. And for someone like George Harrison who didn’t love the idea of touring, he needed to have damn good idea before he took to the road.Granted, The Concert For Bangladesh was far from a horrible way to start his live career. The whole point of bringing out some of his friends to raise money for a good cause was to take the pressure off of him being a frontman, and given how much charisma everyone from Leon Russell to Billy Preston had during the performance, it wasn’t like Harrison had to carry the load of the entire show every time he got up onstage.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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