Friday 4 March 1966

John Lennon: "We're more popular than Jesus"

The following article was published in the London Evening Standard newspaper on 4 March 1966. A fascinating portrait of John Lennon's home life, it was written by Maureen Cleave, a close friend to The Beatles. The piece was headlined "How does a Beatle live? John Lennon lives like this". It grew notorious in later months... Read more »

UK EP release: Yesterday

On the same day that John Lennon's comments that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus were first published, The Beatles released the Yesterday EP in the United Kingdom.