What a show Haré Georgeson gave us last year at the Royal Court! The entire festival was dedicated to the memory of George Harrison, and Haré Georgeson’s show headlining our Solo Years Concert was definitely one of the highlights of the week.

Earlier in 2002 the band had given an unforgettable performance at the George Tribute Concert at the Liverpool Empire, where Paul McCartney joined them for the onstage finale, and in November, Rick and Bill Heckle witnessed what was surely the show of the year at the Royal Albert Hall, as a host of Harrison’s friends and family, including Paul, Ringo, Eric Clapton and the remaining Traveling Wilbury’s celebrated ‘the quiet one’s’ life with ‘A Concert for George’.

This year, at Chavasse Park, Haré Georgeson will be recreating the first ever All-Star Charity Concert that was held at Madison Square Garden in 1971, as they perform songs from ‘The Concert for Bangla Desh’. Dylanesque’s very own ‘Bob’, as well as the wonderful Indian musicians Shalil Shankar and Movinder Singh will join them onstage.

Haré Georgeson will also be appearing in Friday’s Bar at the Adelphi, on Saturday night (playing… not just drinking!) and at Chavasse Park again on Sunday. You can also catch each band member in other guises throughout the weekend: Rick Alan organises the Mathew Street Festival, and this year looks set to be the best ever. He’ll be running around making sure everything runs smoothly while Roy Hitchen and Pete Muldoon don flowery shirts and long wigs for Led Zed (Liverpool Stage, Monday), The Amazing Paul Kappa plays at both the Cavern Pub and Club as part of Beatleweek and Mike Neary will be playing at the Havana Bar.