The book is a comprehensive look at the tour, which saw 30,000 people line the streets of Adelaide to welcome the band to the city and Beatlemaniacs flooding the airport in Sydney and Melbourne upon ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When The Beatles came to Australia in 1964 Adelaide wasn't on the itinerary: but a petition of over 80 ...
Beatlemania swept Australia and New Zealand from June to July in 1964 in what became an iconic pop culture moment. But a music historian reveals in an upcoming book there was a dark side to the ...
Thousands lined Anzac Highway just to get a glimpse of the fab four as they were driven from the airport to a tumultuous reception at the Adelaide Town Hall and then through huge crowds to the South ...
The legendary filmmaker presents new documentary charting The Beatles' 1964 U.S. debut. Read our guide for how to watch ...
Few things are more exciting than getting to go on the road with your band, let alone a world tour, but in early June 1964, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had to wait a little while longer to join in on ...
While Starr was in the hospital, the rest of the band began working with a stand-in drummer, Jimmy Nichol. “Ringo missed part of the tour because he was in hospital with tonsillitis,” McCartney said, ...
How George Harrison thought John Lennon’s marriage affected The Beatles The success the band had achieved so far in 1964 The Beatles weren’t concerned about the future George Harrison, John Lennon ...
In this special holiday edition of Breakfast, James Carleton takes us back 50 years to a vibrant year in Australian history. It was the year The Lucky Country became an unlikely publishing success, Dr ...