< ! -- Except for brief support roles in December 1969 for both the Delaney & Bonnie and Friends band and Lennon 's Plastic Ono Band , the Concert for Bangladesh was Harrison 's first live appearance before a paying audience since the Beatles had quit touring in August 1966 . Dylan had stopped touring that same year , although he had made a moderately successful comeback in August 1969 at the Isle of Wight Festival , his most recent live performance at this point . Speaking in 2005 , '' Rolling Stone '' founder Jann Wenner described the " buzz " preceding the first Concert for Bangladesh show as being at a level unexperienced in New York since the Beatles ' 1966 visit
Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival 1969
The Concert for Bangladesh