07/12/2025 @ All Day – The French magazine Le Figaro publishes an interview with George Harrison where he blasts modern music, taking aim at U2 and the Spice Girls.
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1985 (Jul 13) – Paul Appears At ‘Live Aid’
07/13/2025 @ All Day – At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world’s biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over £40million. TV pictures beamed to over 1.5bn people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. Artists […]
1965 (Jul 13) – Paul McCartney Receives Ivor Novello Awards
07/13/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney was presented with five Ivor Novello Awards at a lunch party at The Savoy, London. John Lennon refused to attend; Paul was 40 minutes late after he had forgotten about the engagement.
1964 (Jul 13) – US Single Release ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
07/13/2025 @ All Day – ‘A Hard Day’s Night/Should Of Known Better’ released in the US.
1969 (Jul 13) – US Stations Ban ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’
07/13/2025 @ All Day – Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single ‘The Ballad Of John and Yoko’ due to the line ‘Christ, you know it ain’t easy’, calling it offensive.
1999 (Jul 13) – Paul McCartney Paintings on Display
07/13/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney displayed 73 paintings at the Kunstforum Lyz gallery in the German town of Siegen. McCartney had been painting for the past 16 years (since he turned 40).
1962 (Jul 14) – Beatles Play First Gig in Wales
07/14/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles played their first ever gig in Wales when they appeared at The Regent Dansette in Rhyl. Tickets cost five shillings, ($0.70).
1980 (Jul 14) – Allen Klein Begins Serving Tax Evasion Sentence
07/14/2025 @ All Day – Former Beatles and Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein begins a two-month jail term for income tax evasion.
2007 (Jul 14) – John Lennon Glasses at Auction
07/14/2025 @ All Day – A pair of glasses worn by former Beatle John Lennon sparked a bidding war after being offered for sale online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon during The Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous rival bidders had pushed the price as high as […]