While every Beatles show after 1963 was something of a circus, nothing compared to the band’s ’66 tour. By then, the Fab Four were so popular they were traveling around in the back of an armored van.
The Beatles came together for their final live performance on this day in history, August 29, 1966. The concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was never announced as the band’s last dance, but ...
It should surprise no one that the Beatles are the most-covered musical act of all time. Those covers have been coming pretty much since the Beatles began, so even as the Fab Four continued to put out ...
While several rifts in the Beatles contributed to their demise, one particular incident came when Paul McCartney finished ...
It was the summer of 1966. The Beatles were in the middle of a tour that had them play five shows in just three days at Japan’s famed Nippon Budokan arena — but when they weren’t performing, they were ...
In 1966, the demands stardom placed upon the Beatles were starting to take their toll. The routine of a new single every three months and a new album every six months was too great for mere mortals to ...
Every corner of the planet had discovered The Beatles by 1966, but it was the year when we would all discover who they were becoming. Steve Turner’s new biography Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year ...
While 1966 might have been a pretty exceptional year for music, there are some songs that the world simply could have done ...
May 1966 is rock’s ultimate rabbit hole. It began with the biggest band in history (unknowingly) playing their final ...
Going “Here, There and Everywhere,” The Beatles were at their most experimental on “Revolver.” And The Beatles’ 1966 classic — considered by many to be the Fab Four’s best album ever — is getting a ...
Fifty years ago today, the Beatles released Revolver, an album that would revolutionize pop music. Apparently, nobody told Newsweek. When we published a piece on the Beatles several weeks later, under ...
The Beatles score two U.K. top 40 singles as “I’ll Get You” and “All My Loving” climb on both the Official Vinyl Singles and Official Physical Singles charts. BEATLES 1966 Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, ...