George Harrison: his sublime last concert

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In 1992, George Harrison will give his latest complete concert to the Royal Albert Hall in London. Back on an anthology event

George Harrison Began the 90s swept away by incredible momentum. In 1987, his album Cloud makes him access the unexpected rank of pop star thanks to his tube “I Got My Mind Set On You” while the Traveling Wilburys allow him to appear in the media almost as frequently as during his Beatles period. The Wilburys may have never really traveled, but in December 1991, Harrison went to Japan for a tour with Eric Clapton, his first international outing since 1974. The event will last 12 concerts but gave the impression that George Harrison was going Finally go around the world.

For reasons that are still unknown, George Harrison will finally choose not to make dates after Japan. The only exception, on April 6, 1992 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, during a charity concert shortly before the British elections. Eric Clapton It was not there this time but Harrison was nevertheless surrounded by a large part of his musician friends and in particular Mike Campbell of Heartbreakers on the guitar. Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Gary Moore and his son Dhanni Harrison went on stage for reminders on “While My Gantly Weeps” and “Roll Over Beethoven”.

George Harrison did not allow any professional shooting for this concert, but there is an amateur clip for “Something”, which you can discover now. Many fans believed that this concert was amply better than those made in Japan, that Harrison sang better and looked more relaxed. He will disappear more or less completely in the years that followed, making a reappearance only for the anthology devoted to the Beatles as well as for a shock declaration on Oasis, which he will describe as “crap” after Liam Gallagher had the audacity to insult the former beatle.

The Royal Albert Hall will be George Harrison's last full concert, even if a few months later, he will play several songs for Dylan's birthday and that in 1997 he will interpret “All Things Must Past” for John Fugelsand. In 1998, he also played for Carl Perkins funeral, a few months before being diagnosed with throat cancer. He will spend the last years of his life fighting disease, while recording Brainwashedhis latest album.

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