{"product_id":"9781793629739","title":"Rock for Change Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Benefit Concert","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRock for Change\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInterdisciplinary Perspectives on the Benefit Concert\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNicolas Baxter-Moore | Peter Grant\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores the role that benefit concerts, tours, and recordings have and have had in mobilizing popular music and musicians to raise money or awareness to combat social problems, both human and natural.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFund raising rock concerts have been a major feature of the music scene since the first recognized event, the Concert for Bangladesh, was organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1971. Since then, they have come in many guises, from small-scale local affairs to mega international extravaganzas with the causes they support including national and international disaster relief as well as more political objectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRock for Change \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the benefit concert over thirteen wide-ranging chapters. It includes major events including the Concert for Bangladesh, Live Aid, and the Concert for New York. National examples such as Scottish concerts for overseas aid, Neil and Pegi Young's Bridge School benefits in California, mining disasters in Canada, and  political causes include Rock Against Racism and Red Wedge in the UK and punk events in Washington DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Grant \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London, UK. He is a former trustee of the Amy Winehouse Foundation and is now a director of the Foundation's trading company. His previous books include \u003ci\u003ePhilanthropy and Voluntary Action in the First World War \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and \u003ci\u003eNational Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Baxter-Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University, Canada. He was co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781793629739\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378253136012,"sku":"9781793629739","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_af606057-fd69-44a3-ab17-45ce33d9a417.jpg?v=1783908238","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781793629739","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}