| Main Performers | Sir Paul McCartney - vocal, guita, piano, ukelele, speaker,
Joe Brown - ukelele, vocal,
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocal,
Ringo Starr - drums, vocal,
Jeff Lynne - vocal, guitar,
Billy Preston - piano, vocal,
Anoushka Shankar - sitar,
Ravi Shankar,
Ray Cooper - percussion,
Sam Brown - vocal
Monty Python (Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland)
The Mounties (Malcolm Abbs, Mark Brown, Michael Clarke, Tom Hanks, Bob Hunter, David Porter Thomas, Fred Tomlinson)
Dave Bronze (Bass)
Gary Brooker (Keyboards)
Jim Capaldi (Drums)
Andy Fairweather Low (Guitar)
Dhani Harrison (Guitar)
Jim Horn (Tenor Sax)
Jim Keltner (Drums)
Katie Kissoon (Backing Vocals)
Albert Lee (Guitar)
Marc Mann (Electric Guitar)
Tessa Niles (Backing Vocals)
Tom Scott (Alto Sax)
Henry Spinetti (Drums)
Chris Stainton (Keyboards)
Klaus Voormann (Bass)
Sukanya Shankar (Vocal-Shloka)
M Balanchandar (Mridangam)
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Slide Guitar)
Tanmoy Bose (Tabla & Dholak)
Chandrasekhar (Violin)
Eric Clapton (Guitar)
Pedro Eustache (Wind Instruments)
Sunil Gupta (Flute)
Anuradha Krishamurthi (Female Vocalist)
Jane Lister (Harp)
Gaurav Mazumdar (Sitar)
Snehashish Mazumdar (Mandolin)
Ramesh Mishra (Sarangi)
Prasanna (Percussion)
Kenji Ota (Tanpura)
Barry Phillips (Cello)
Rajendara Prasanna (Shahnai)
Emil Richards (Marimba)
Balu Raghuraman (Violin)
Partho Sarathy (Sarod)
O. S. Arun (Male Vocalist)
Hari Sivanesan (Veena) |
| Orchestra or Band | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Tom Petty, Ron Blair (Bass), Mike Campbell (Guitar), Steve Ferrone (Drums), Benmont Tench (Keyboards), Scott Thurston - guitar Harmonica)
Joe Brown's Band (Joe Brown - vocal, guitar, Phil Capaldi (Drums), Neil Gauntlett (Guitar), Dave Rico Niles (Bass)
London Metropolitan Orchestra |
| Choirs | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Boys' and Girls' Choirs
English Chamber Choir |
| Set List | Sanskrit Invocation - 'the Savesham Chant',
'Your Eyes' (Anoushka Shankar),
'The Inner Light' (Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Lynne),
'Arpan', R Shankar (Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Lynne),
Comedy Interlude (Monty Python),
'Sit On My Face' (The Mounties, Monty Python),
'Lumberjack Song' (The Mounties, Monty Python),
'I Want to Tell You' (Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton and band),
'If I Needed Someone' (Eric Clapton and Band),
'Old Brown Shoe' (Gary Brooker and Band),
'Beware of Darkness' (Eric Clapton and Band),
'Here Comes the Sun' (Joe Brown),
'Horse to Water' (Brown, Holland, Scott featured on horn),
'Taxman' (Tom Petty and Heartbreakers),
'I Need You' (Tom Petty and Heartbreakers),
'Handle With Care (Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne doing Roy Orbison imitation),
'Isn't it a Pity' (Eric Clapton, Billy Preston),
'Photograph' (Ringo Starr),
'Honey Don't' (Ringo Starr),
'For You Blue' (Paul McCartney),
'Something In the Way She Moves - 1st part' (Paul McCartney)
'Something In the Way She Moves - 2nd part', trad. version (Eric Clapton and Band),
'All Things Must Pass' (Paul McCartney),
'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr),
'My Sweet Lord' (Billy Preston),
'Wah Wah' (Ensemble),
'I'll See You In My Dreams' (Joe Brown) |
| Performance Notes | The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death. The event was organized by Harrison's widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, and arranged under the musical direction of Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne. The profits from the event went to the Material World Charitable Foundation, an organization set up by Harrison.
The event was filmed and a motion picture version, directed by David Leland and photographed by Chris Menges was released on DVD on 17 November 2003. A compact disc version was also released on the same date; The Monty Python and Sam Brown tracks were not included on the CD.
Guests included; Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Richard Donner, Lauren Schuler Donner, George Martin, Sam Moore, Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, Annie Lennox, Helena Bonham-Carter, Tim Burton, Bill Wyamn, and Heather Mills McCartney. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2002/175),
Digital Photograph |