The third date of The Beatles’ British tour of 1964 took them to the Odeon Cinema in Birmingham. They performed two shows at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, for which they were paid £850.
The Beatles’ set throughout the tour contained 10 songs: ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, ‘Things We Said Today’, ‘I’m Happy Just To Dance With You’, ‘I Should Have Known Better’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’.
The support acts on the tour were The Rustiks, Sounds Incorporated, Michael Haslam, The Remo Four, Tommy Quickly and Mary Wells. The compère was Bob Bain. The two concerts started earlier than the rest of the tour, at 5pm and 7.45pm.
This was The Beatles’ first concert at Birmingham’s Odeon Cinema. They returned on one other occasion, 9 December 1965, during their final UK tour.
Also on this day...
- 2014: Ringo Starr live: Verizon Theater, Grand Prairie, Texas
- 2014: Paul McCartney live: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
- 1989: Paul McCartney live: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
- 1971: US single release: Imagine by John Lennon
- 1968: Recording, mixing: Savoy Truffle, Piggies, Don’t Pass Me By, Good Night
- 1963: The Beatles live: Trentham Gardens, Trentham
- 1962: The Beatles live: Rialto Ballroom, Liverpool
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
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does anyone have any photos or footage of the beatles playing the Birmingham Odeon on 11th october 1964 and/or 9th December 1965?