08/24/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon writes, rehearses, and records a song about his recent heroin withdrawal entitled “Cold Turkey,” where he also puts into practice his recent introduction to “primal scream” therapy. Fans and critics are shocked and appalled by the emotionally raw recording, a prelude to his eventual Plastic Ono Band album.
08/25/2025 @ All Day – After playing a lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club Liverpool, The Beatles played aboard the Merseyside riverboat M.V.Royal Iris supporting Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band.
08/25/2025 @ All Day – John, Paul, Jane, Ringo, George and Patti board a train for Wales with the Maharishi to attend a second lecture at a collegei.
08/25/2025 @ All Day – During their last US tour, The Beatles played two shows at the Coliseum in Seattle, Washington. The first show at 3pm was attended by only 8,000 fans (the arena seated 15,000), but the evening show was a sell-out.
08/25/2025 @ All Day – A selection of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles went on display in Liverpool at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. The images were taken by Astrid Kirchherr the former girlfriend of original bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, who took pictures of the band’s early years after meeting them in Hamburg in 1960. The exhibition included images […]
08/25/2025 @ All Day – Four female Beatles fans hired a helicopter to fly over the house The Beatles were renting in Beverly Hills, California and jumped from the helicopter into the swimming pool.
08/26/2025 @ All Day – British singer Cilla Black makes her concert debut, opening for The Beatles at the Odeon in Southport, Lancashire, England.
08/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles held a press conference at University College in Bangor, North Wales with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Beatles announced that they had become disciples of the guru and that they renounced the use of drugs. The four had become members of the Maharishi’s ‘Spiritual Regeneration Movement’, which obligated them to donate one week’s earnings […]
08/26/2025 @ All Day – Mary Hopkin releases “Those Were The Days” in the US. The recording is produced by Paul McCartney.
08/26/2025 @ All Day – A double sided acetate of The Beatles performing live in 1962 at The Cavern Club in Liverpool sold for £16,500 at Christies, London, a world record price for a recording. It is bought by Apple Records.