A Billion Hands Concert was a benefit performance held on 5 December 2008 in Mumbai, India, by Anoushka Shankar and Jethro Tull.
[1] The concert was originally planned as part of a larger tour throughout India by Shankar and Jethro Tull.
Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson stated in a press release that, "some people might consider it disrespectful that we are having a concert but hopefully a majority will realise what this is about and what it says.
"[1][4] Shankar added that: "as a musician, this is how I speak, how I express the anger within me [...] our entire tour has been changed by these events and even though the structure of the concert may remain the same, emotionally perhaps we are saying a lot more.
Though it's a much abused thought, this truly is a reflection of Mumbai's strength and character and its willingness to forge ahead.