Beatles tour Australia and New Zealand 1964: Suicide and assault, the dark side of the band's visit
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 international frenzy over the Liverpool boys whose hits revolutionised music.
In Kenneth Womack's Living the Beatles' Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans, he reveals how one fan tried to commit suicide after failing to get to the bands' hotel room.
Mal was a road manager for the Beatles from 1963 and became their personal assistant when they stopped touring three years later, remaining with them until their break-up in 1970.
One of Mal's diary entries detailed his most 'serious and frightening memory' where he came back to his New Zealand hotel room to find 'all this blood'.
'There's the story of a woman who attempted to commit suicide in [Mal's] hotel room because she couldn't get to the Beatles,' Mr Womack told Daily Mail Australia.
Source: Jade Hobman/dailymail.co.uk
