All the acts did a great job to wind up the tour on a high note…” Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. 16 August 1966 Philadelphia /JFK Stadium. Said Lennon during the interview: “I’m more of a Christian now than I ever was… I don’t go along with organized religion and the way it has come about. According to the Although many of these stations were in the south, there were boycotts elsewhere as well. They flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles, arriving at 12:50 am. It now appears that his millions of teen-age fans all over the world are agreeing with him, for they are buying tickets and records as in the peak year of the Beatles’ popularity.As a result, Lennon’s remarks are now being studied in a new light. 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It was at this concert when Paul McCartney became convinced that The Beatles should cease touring, as he later recalled in After the St. Louis concert, the Beatles took a night flight to their next stop, New York city, arriving there in the wee hours of August 22nd, at 3:50 a.m. Still, as reported by Beatles media manager, Tony Barrow, at the end of that show some fans tried stealing Beatles instruments from the stage as souvenirs.On Monday, August 15th, 1966, in Washington, D.C., the Beatles performed one show at 8:00 p.m. at the DC Stadium (later named RFK Stadium). I couldn’t go away knowing that I created another little piece of hate in the world….”“If I said tomorrow I’m not going to play again, I still couldn’t live in a place with somebody hating me for something irrational… But that’s the trouble with being truthful. The album reflected, variously, the group's exposure to the latest singles from artists signed to the Motown and Staxrecord labels, the mutually influential relationship the Beatles had forged with the Byrds, and the influence of Dylan, who had urged Lennon to strive for more … While many of the concerts were overrun by screaming fans, they also attracted protests after John Lennon had …

most blood-curdling screams these old ears had ever heard,” adding, “The Goodyear blimp was overhead, and it flinched perceptibly.”In advance of the Beatles arrival in Washington D.C., “…I believe that what people call God is some-thing in all of us…”As Aarons explained in his piece, Lennon had a childhood of indifferent religious training, then went through a period of cynical atheism, and in more recent years, a reshuffling of his thinking given his various worldly exposures and travels. We were sliding around trying to hold on to something, and at that moment everyone said, ‘Oh, this bloody touring… I’ve had it up to here, man.’I finally agreed. The Beatles staged their third concert tour of America in August 1966, and it was the last commercial tour they would ever undertake. Their break-up was a cumulative process marked by rumours of a split.

It made us feel extremely isolated… But it was the last show, and we were determined to have a good time. During the flight George Harrison was heard to say: "That's it, then. The following day, on August 23rd, the Beatles did their show at Shea Stadium, which a year earlier was among their biggest and most successful venues. Each brought a camera and McCartney asked Beatles press agent Tony Barrow to make a rough audio tape recording from the field. The Beatles sought refuge in their caravan/trailer dressing room behind the stage. Harrison noted, for example: “‘Thou shalt not kill’ means that – not amend section A… We all just don’t agree with war for any reason whatsoever. Few of their adoring fans knew that at the time, but the Beatles certainly did, and they were happy to be at the end of their 1966 tour. In Indiana, meanwhile, there was a Catholic youth group organizing a Beatles burning, and other such protests were in the offing elsewhere. 12 August 1966* Chicago / Int’l Amphitheatre. On the 24th of August, 1966, ahead of their Seattle show date, the Beatles had some time to themselves, but also held a press conference that day at the Capitol Records Tower building in Los Angeles.