The Beatles Sweden Tour 1963 promoter speaks
Bengt-Åke Bengtsson was the founder and owner of the Swedish concert promoter agency Telstar, and he also managed Swedish group, The Telstars. He was born in 1931 and passed away in 2016, at 85....
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Sixty years since Beatles in Australia
It’s coming up, the sixtieth anniversary of The Beatles’ tour of New Zealand and Australia. So, both fans and mainstream media downunder is taking this opportunity to celebrate. Here’s a film from The Sydney...
Ringo’s audio diary of 1966
A series of compact cassette tapes with recordings Ringo made during the Beatles’ 1966 tour is going under the hammer at Omega Auctions. Audio cassettes was a novelty at the time, and Ringo probably...
Newly discovered John, Paul and Helen Shapiro photo
This is a recently discovered photograph of John Lennon and Paul McCartney with Helen Shapiro outside of the Gaumont Theatre, Hanley on March 3rd 1963. This was the final night of the Helen Shapiro...
The Beatles – Live In London 1965
The Beatles’ December tour in the U.K. in 1965 has been famous for a number of reasons, but most importantly for the inclusion of a couple of songs, or versions of songs the groups...
When The Beatles didn’t meet Imelda
On 4 July 1966, the Beatles played to their biggest one-day crowd at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, where 80,000 people attended two concerts. However, the Beatles’ visit to The Philippines was overshadowed...
The Amsterdam canal boat ride
6. June 1964: The canal boat ride route. The canal boat trip in Amsterdam on June 6, 1964 was a stroke of genius, as it allowed thousands of fans a glimpse of the Beatles,...
Trailer for Eight Days A Week
Possibly newly discovered footage, as noticed by our reader Jan Chmelík. Yesterday, The Beatles released a 2:15 trailer for the upcoming “Eight Days A Week” film, accompanied by the following statement: Shea Stadium Gig to...
Hollywood Bowl – mixed for quad!
1964 Hollywood Bowl concert Renowned Beatles author Chip Madinger (see www.lennonology.com) comes to us with a great story. While researching for the excellent Strange Days Indeed, the first in a series of books on...
The Beatles Live project strays from path
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl. Rant: It’s so disappointing to see that the documentary originally focusing on The Beatles as a touring band has been turned into a film about the general career...
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