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After The Beatles’ popularity exploded in the early 1960s their Beatlemania expanded to America. The demand for tickets to a Beatles concert increased exponentially, forcing the band to begin booking stadium tours to keep up with demand – however, this ended up working against them. The sheer scale of stadiums was not suited to amplifiers of the time, meaning their sound was dreadful. The band began their final concert tour 55 years ago today, on August 11.
The final show on the concert tour was held later that month on August 29 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
The band played to an audience of 25,000 attendees and even brought along an orchestra.
The Fab Four played 11 songs overall. Once their guitars were silent they got into an armoured car and were transported to Los Angeles.
While on the flight George Harrison told his bandmates: “That’s it, then. I’m not a Beatle anymore.”
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Sir Ringo Starr left a video message for fans on his Instagram today, teasing some special news. The Beatles drummer’s post was captioned: “Tune in this Thursday, August the 12th at 4pm PT to catch Ringo on @talkshoplive with a special announcement! Check the link in bio for exact times and how to tune in. Peace & Love – Team Ringo.”
n the accompanying footage, Sir Ringo stood in front of a statue of a horse in a T-shirt labelled “PEACE LOVE 77”.
The 81-year-old said: “Peace and Love everyone! Peace and Love! Everyone, it’s Ringo.
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The world knows so many different Paul McCartneys: the charming young moptop, the Sixties avant-garde innovator, the bearded family man, the rock & roll legend. But the stunning new Hulu docuseries McCartney 3, 2, 1 presents Paul like we’ve never seen him before: the proud music geek. It’s just Macca in deep conversation with fellow legend Rick Rubin, as they listen close to the Beatles’ music, sharing memories and focusing on the sonic details. 3, 2, 1 has struck a nerve with fans, because there’s never been a music doc quite like it. “Each song’s got a story of how you wrote it,” McCartney tells Rolling Stone. “And luckily, I can remember a lot of the circumstances.”
It comes at a time when Beatles fans are feverishly awaiting Peter Jackson’s new Get Back doc, which finally drops this fall. Get Back premieres on Disney Plus in November, across three nights, digging into a wealth of unseen footage from the 1969 sessions for the album that became their bittersweet farewell, Let It Be. There’s also the new 50th anniversary edition of George Harrison’s 1971 epic solo statement, All Things Must Pass, which is sprawling with previously unheard treasures. Fifty years after they said goodbye, the Beatles are bigger than ever — the toppermost of the poppermost, guaranteed to raise a smile.
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Sir Paul McCartney was spotted out and about on Saturday enjoying the sunshine of wealthy New York vacation spot The Hamptons.
The musician, 79, shared a laugh with a friend as they larked around together at the shops.
The Beatles singer wore a white sweater with a blue motif on the front with black sweatpants.
Weekend jaunt: Sir Paul McCartney was spotted out and about on Saturday enjoying the sunshine of wealthy New York vacation spot The Hamptons
He added black sandals and a navy baseball cap, shielding his eyes from the sun with shades.
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George Harrison is being celebrated with a couple of 50th anniversary milestones this week — and a group of Oklahomans were right in the middle of both events.
Both musical events came in the wake of the breakup of The Beatles — leaving Harrison free to work with other musicians.
This week marks the "50th anniversary" rerelease of Harrison's groundbreaking triple album, "All Things Must Pass," as well as the 50th anniversary of the "The Concert for Bangladesh," the 1971 all-star benefit fundraiser Harrison put together for the beleaguered nation at the behest of his friend, master sitarist Ravi Shankar.
To get technical, the original release of "All Things Must Pass" came in November 1970, but since November 2021 is still a few months away, I guess the album can still slide in under the wire at 50 years-plus.
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Dhani Harrison has spoken out about John Lennon‘s past comments regarding George Harrison‘s 1971 album ‘All Things Must Pass’.
A huge boxset reissue of Harrison’s third post-Beatles solo album was recently announced to mark 50 years since its release.
The album, which is out today (August 6), has been completely remixed from the original tapes, with Harrison’s son Dhani serving as executive producer.
Publicly, Lennon was dismissive of the album saying in a Rolling Stone interview in 1970: “I don’t know… I think it’s all right, you know. Personally, at home, I wouldn’t play that kind of music, I don’t want to hurt George’s feelings, I don’t know what to say about it.”
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As we look back, The Beatles have always been the standard for rock and pop. They changed the landscape of music and society with the way they dressed, movies for a new generation, a blueprint for how a band should grow over time, and brilliant songwriting which is the standard still today.
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Paul McCartney is still making music history more than 57 years after his vocals helped propel the Beatles to their first-ever U.S. No. 1 hit, with his latest album—McCartney III Imagined—becoming the first remix album to lead U.S. sales in more than a decade.
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The album, which features acts like Anderson Paak, Dominic Fike and Phoebe Bridges on remixes of earlier McCartney songs, was No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart this week.
McCartney III Imagined also topped the Rock Albums chart and the Vinyl Albums chart, after physical album sales started on July 23.
The album came in at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, which also takes streaming plays into account, and appeared as the No. 13 album on the U.K.-based Official Charts Co. listing.
The album's original version—McCartney III, which features McCartney on all instruments—also topped the album sales chart in January.
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Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder first recorded their iconic collaboration ‘Ebony and Ivory’ in 1981 and it was released the following year as part of Paul’s album Tug of War.
In a throwback video, Paul and Stevie are seen performing the legendary song at the White House for former US President Barack Obama in 2010.
The performance was part of an experience titled Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House - Paul performed several songs and a number of artists also took part and sang Paul’s music.
Stevie also performed his own version of Paul’s classic ‘We Can Work It Out’ - other tributes were made by Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, Jack White, Faith Hill and The Jonas Brothers. Each performance highlighted the impact of Paul’s music across different genres and generations.
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1. Taxman
“One… two… three… four…” And we’re off – The Beatles’ seventh studio album begins with George Harrison’s tight, 12-bar riposte to the government’s punitive tax regime. Thirteen tracks later, it will end in another dimension…
JOHNNY MARR: “I’ve been thinking about George Harrison a lot recently. He’s a good advert for how incredibly famous people might want to conduct themselves. He seemed to be above needy celebrity. He was, I like to think, a very singular personality in rock music. When I was a little kid in the early ’70s, his support for the Krishna movement was a big deal – he had the eyes of the world on him, but he single-mindedly followed his own path. If that’s not integrity, I don’t know what is!
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