The Beatles Bible

Sir Paul McCartney performed the fifth concert of his 2009 European tour before 17,000 people at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France. Read more »

The Beatles' French releases were mainly notable for the various EPs issued between 1963 and 1967. Odeon - the group's label in France - considered that the record-buying public preferred not to buy singles, although a number of two-song discs were pressed for jukeboxes only. These were not commercially available and are not listed here. Read more »

While on their honeymoon in Paris, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had lunch with the artist Salvador Dali. Read more »

Hoping to get married in Paris, John Lennon and Yoko Ono flew to Paris on this day. Read more »

The day after their concert at the Palais des Expositions in Nice, France, The Beatles flew to Madrid in Spain. Read more »

The Beatles' only concert in Nice, France took place at 9pm at the Palais des Expositions, situated on the Esplanade Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny. Read more »

The day after their final show in the Italian capital Rome, The Beatles flew to Nice in France, ahead of their concert at the Palais des Expositions. Their flight departed at 11.35am.

The Beatles stayed in Lyon, France after their two shows on 22 June 1965. On the evening of the 23rd they took the train to Milan, ahead of their first Italian shows on the following day.

The Beatles played two shows, at 8pm and 10pm, at the Palais d'Hiver de Lyon on Rue Louis guerin in Lyon, France. Each of the shows was seen by 3,500 people. Read more »

Following their two performances the previous day at the Palais des Sports in Paris, The Beatles had a rest day before travelling to Lyon for their next engagement. Read more »

The Beatles' final European tour opened with a concert at the Palais des Sports in Paris. Read more »

In May 1965 John Lennon and his wife Cynthia made a brief trip to Cannes in France to attend the film festival. He was interviewed on this day by reporter Martin Ogronsky for CBS TV's The Merv Griffin Show. Read more »

At 1pm The Beatles and their entourage returned to London Airport from Le Bourget, Paris, following their often three-week residency at the Olympia Theatre, Paris.

Upon their arrival The Beatles were greeted by around 100 screaming fans, after which they gave their customary press conference. Read more »

The Beatles' Parisian residency ended on this day, with two concerts at the city's Olympia Theatre. Read more »

This was The Beatles' penultimate day of concerts at the Olympia Theatre in France's capital, Paris. Read more »

Another two shows at the Olympia Theatre, where The Beatles had been in residence since 16 January 1964. Read more »

February 1964 was the month that The Beatles conquered America and began the British Invasion. It began, however, just as January ended, with two more shows in Paris for the group's 18-day residency at the Olympia Theatre. Read more »

These were The Beatles' two final shows for January 1964 at the Olympia in Paris, France. The group's residency continued until 4 February. Read more »

A further two houses in The Beatles' residency at the Olympia in Paris, France, which continued until 4 February 1964. Read more »

This was the 12th date of The Beatles' 18-night residency as Paris' Olympia Theatre. Read more »