The Beatles Bible

Sir Paul McCartney performed a marathon set lasting nearly three hours at the O2 arena in London, 46 years to the day since he played the first Beatles Christmas gig at the Liverpool Empire Theatre. Read more »

During The Beatles' stay in India with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Yoko Ono kept in contact by letter with John Lennon. Read more »

The Beatles' final two London concerts took place before hugely enthusiastic audiences. Read more »

The Beatles played four concerts in London over two days during their final UK tour. The first two took place at the Hammersmith Odeon on this day. Read more »

The Beatles topped the bill at the 1964-65 New Musical Express Annual Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert. It was the third consecutive year they appeared at the event, held at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London. Read more »

Following a fortnight of filming on New Providence Island, Bahamas, The Beatles made the long journey back to London. Read more »

The second time The Beatles performed at this venue in London's Kilburn district. Their first performance at the ballroom of the Gaumont State Cinema was on 9 April 1964.

The Beatles were taken by Rolls-Royce to Brisbane Airport early in the morning. From there they caught a Qantas-V flight to Sydney, the first leg of their long journey back to England. Read more »

The Beatles topped the bill at the New Musical Express' 1963-64 Annual Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert, playing before an audience of 10,000 people at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London. 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 »

This was The Beatles' second concert at the Lewisham Odeon, the first having taken place on 29 March 1963.

On this day The Beatles headlined the Great Pop Prom, an afternoon show at London's Royal Albert Hall. Read more »

En route to Fairfield Hall in Croydon, where they performed later that evening, The Beatles recorded an appearance on the BBC radio show Saturday Club at London's Playhouse Theatre. Read more »

Although they were in the middle of a season of concerts at Margate's Winter Gardens, The Beatles travelled to London to record shows six and seven of their BBC radio series Pop Go The Beatles on this day. Read more »

Following the success of the first four editions of The Beatles' BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, the corporation decided to commission a further 11 editions. The first in this new run was recorded on this day at Studio Five in Maida Vale Studios, London. Read more »

The Beatles' fourth appearance on the BBC's Saturday Club radio show was recorded on this day at the Playhouse Theatre in London. Read more »

The Beatles' second appearance on the BBC radio show Easy Beat necessitated a rush back to London following Paul McCartney's 21st birthday celebrations. Read more »

The initial run of The Beatles' BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles was intended to have four editions. The last of these was recorded on this day, though more were to follow once the BBC realised they had a hit show. Read more »

The 16th date of The Beatles' UK tour with Roy Orbison was a return to London, with a concert at the Granada Cinema in Woolwich. Read more »