The Beatles George Harrison: 'I'm not a Beatle anymore' after last tour

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.”

Source: Pravin Jadhav/samacharcentral.com

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