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first show after Harrison's death on 29 November 2001 by playing an acoustic version of "Something" with violinist Soozie Tyrell, followed by a rendition of Harrison's solo hit "My Sweet Lord".[154] Elton John gave a solo performance of the song at New York's Carnegie Hall in April 2002, as part of a one-hour Harrison tribute during the eleventh annual Rainforest Foundation concert.[155] In honour of Harrison's fondness for the instrument, Paul McCartney played a ukulele rendition of "Something" throughout his 2002–03 world tour[156] and included the track on his Back in the U.S. live album.[157] At the Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall on 29 November 2002,[158] he and Eric Clapton performed a version that begins with McCartney alone, on ukulele, and then reverts to the familiar, rock arrangement, with Clapton taking over as lead singer and backing from Starr, Preston and others.[159] Following its appearance in David Leland's film Concert for George (2003) and on the accompanying live album, this performance of "Something" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.[160] Bob Dylan also played the song live during his November 2002 concerts, as a tribute to Harrison.[161][162] McCartney has continued to perform "Something", adopting the Concert for George mix of ukulele and rock backing;[163] a version with this musical arrangement was included on his 2009 album Good Evening New York City.[164] Live performances by Harrison Harrison played "Something" at the two Concert for Bangladesh shows, held at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 August 1971.[165] His first live performance as a solo artist, he was backed by a large band that included Starr, Preston, Clapton and Leon Russell.[166][167] The version used on the live album and in the 1972 concert film was taken from the evening show that day, when Harrison played it as the final song before returning to perform "Bangla Desh" as an encore.[168] Harrison included "Something" in all of his subsequent, and rare, full-length concert appearances.[169] For his 1974 North American tour with Ravi Shankar, he had been reluctant to feature any material from the Beatles' catalogue,[170] but at the urging of Shankar and Preston during rehearsals, he added "Something" to the setlist.[171] To the disappointment of many fans, however, he chose to alter some of the song's lyrics (such as changing the first line to "If there's something in the way, remove it").[172] Further distancing himself from the Beatles' legacy, Harrison told journalists at the start of the tour that he would join a group with Lennon "any day" but rejected the idea of working again with McCartney, since he preferred Willie Weeks as a bassist.[173] MacDonald comments that this statement was likely in reference to McCartney's "too fussily extemporised" bass part on the Beatles' 1969 recording.[7] With Boyd having left Harrison for Clapton earlier in 1974,[174] Larry Sloman of Rolling Stone described the reworked "Something" as "a moving diary of his love life".[175]
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