Video: 'George Harrison Concert For Bangladesh Press Conference - 27 July 1971'

(Tuesday, July 27, 1971, afternoon EDT) — Former Beatles guitarist George Harrison, Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and The Beatles’ business manager Allen Klein held a news conference today in the 41st floor offices of ABKCO Industries at 1700 Broadway in New York City to promote The Concert for Bangladesh.

The pair of benefit concerts, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 1, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, were organized for the relief of refugees from East Pakistan (now independent Bangladesh) after the 1970 Bhola cyclone and during the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities and Bangladesh Liberation War.

Video: 'George Harrison - The Concert for Bangladesh' (July 27, 1971, at 0:10-0:54)

Before a large crowd of journalists and reporters, Harrison admitted he is nervous about performing as the featured artist. But this was quickly dismissed when a reporter asks him about The Beatles: “Are there ever times when you wish you were back together again as a group?” “Yeah,” he replies, “there are times. But there are times also when we all appreciate not being together.”

The reporter asks why? But George is having none of this Beatles talk and retorts, “Shouldn’t we talk about the (Bangladesh) concert?”