George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour
Tour by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
Tour programme
LocationUnited States, Canada
Associated albumDark Horse, Shankar Family & Friends
Start date2 November 1974
End date20 December 1974
Legs1
No. of shows45
George Harrison tour chronology
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Ravi Shankar tour chronology
Music Festival from India (1974) George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour was a 45-show[1] concert tour of the United States and Canada, undertaken by English musician George Harrison and Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar in November and December 1974.[2][3] It is often referred to as the Dark Horse Tour,[4][5] since the concerts served as a launch for Harrison's record label Dark Horse Records, to which Shankar was one of the inaugural signings,[6][7] and Harrison's concurrent single was the song "Dark Horse".[8] The release of his delayed album, also titled Dark Horse, followed towards the end of the tour.[9][10] The shows featured guest spots by Harrison's band members Billy Preston and Tom Scott.[11][12]

  1. ^ Madinger & Easter, p. 446.
  2. ^ Lavezzoli, pp. 195–96.
  3. ^ Leng, p. 148.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, p. 58.
  5. ^ The Editors of Rolling Stone, p. 44.
  6. ^ Clayson, pp. 345–46.
  7. ^ Leng, pp. 138, 147–48.
  8. ^ Spizer, p. 259.
  9. ^ Madinger & Easter, p. 443.
  10. ^ Spizer, p. 263.
  11. ^ Schaffner, pp. 176, 177.
  12. ^ Leng, p. 172.