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With the tour ending, no news to report for the Beatles. 

With the European tour ending, these words were spoken in Anthology by Paul McCartney recalling the tour,

"I remember playing a big bullring in Barcelona, the Plaza de Toros, where the Lord Mayor had great seats and all the rich people had seats but the kids, our real audience, were outside. We use...

Plaza de Toros Monumental, Avenue de led Corts - Catalanes, Barcelona, Spain

Another bullring concert, at 10:45 pm, and the last date on the European tour. The Beatles' two-hour Iberia flight from Barcelona to London Airport on July 4th touched down at 12:00 noon. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chr...

Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid Spain

One show in the bullring, at 8:30 pm. The Beatles flew on to Barcelona at 2:45 the following afternoon. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

No news to report for the Beatles today. 

Palais des Expositions, Esplanade Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Nice, France 

One show, at 9:00 pm. The group flew to Madrid at 3:45 pm on July 1. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Palais des Expositions, Esplanade Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Nice, France 

One show, at 9:00 pm. The group flew to Madrid at 3:45 pm on July 1. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Nothing major to report for the Beatles today. 

John Lennon evades a young fan who wants his yachting-style cap as a souvenir during the Beatles' concert in Rome on June 28,1965.

The Beatles performed two shows on this day at the Teatro Adriano in Piazza Cavour in Rome, and two more on the following day.  It was the group's only visit to the Italian capital.

The concerts took place on each of the days at 4.30pm and 9.30pm. Originally just this day's performances had been b...

Following their two concerts in Milan, The Beatles were driven in four cars to Genoa, Italy by the Alfa Romeo Racing Team.

The group performed two shows at the city's Palazzo dello Sport, a 25,000-seat arena, at 4.30pm and 9.30pm. As in Milan, tickets for the afternoon appearance sold poorly, with...

The Beatles, with Brian and Wendy Hanson, stay at a hotel in Geneva. 4.30pm, 9.30pm. Concerts at the Palazzo dello Sport, Geneva, Italy.

Mr. Quintieri, member of the Italian Parliament, in the Chamber of Deputies, asks the Minister of Finance if `appropriate measure has been taken to guarantee the ...

June 24, 1965 - Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan

Taped: Thursday 24 June 1965
Aired: Thursday 25 May 2000

During their career The Beatles performed eight concerts in Italy, over four days during their European Tour in the summer of 1965. The Beatles played their first Italian show in Milan at the Velodr...

The Beatles strolling in a Paris park on June 23 1965 in Paris France

Broadcast of `Londra Ultima Ora', Italian radio programme, with interview to the Beatles (recorded 18 June 1965).

The Beatles arrived for their concert at the Palais D'Hiver on June 22, 1965 in Lyon, France.

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.

It wasn't all rest, however - from inside their hotel, the George V, the group gave an interview to Chris Denning for Radio Luxembour...

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

While leaving London Airport the group learned that fans had been turned away by airport authorities, who had claimed that The Beatles has asked them to stay away. This was later denied by the group and Brian...

No news today

A combination of mono and stereo mixes were made today of songs like "I've Just Seen A Face', 'I'm Down', 'It's Only Love', 'Act Naturally', 'Wait', 'Help!', and 'Yesterday'.

A separate afternoon was solely dedicated to the song 'Help!'. The end result was that its mono and stereo mixes appear to h...

'Yesterday' was fully completed this day. The string quartet included: Tony Gilbert (first violin), Sidney Sax (second violin), Francisco Gabarro (cello) and Kenneth Essex (viola). Complete now in its stunning simplicity, the song was mixed into mono.

The rejection of 'If You've Got Trouble', recor...

Twickenham Film Studios, St. Margaret's, Twickenham and NEMS Enterprises, Sutherland House, Argyll St. London

More post-sync work at Twickenham for the Help! soundtrack. With this, the Beatles' contribution to their second feature-film was complete. Like its predecessor, Help! was given a royal wor...

Studio Two, EMI Studios, London

The second of three mid-June recording sessions at Abbey Road, competing the non-soundtrack side of the forthcoming Help! album. On this day, working a 2:30-6:15 afternoon session, the Beatles began and completed (in six takes) John's mainly acoustic ballad 'It's Onl...

A remarkable day's work at Abbey Road, dominated by Paul and perfectly illustrating this young man's mastery of three different styles of musical composition and singing. It was on this day that he continued recording 'Yesterday', the song which, by public acclaim, will always rank among his best.

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On June 13, 1965, a song was recorded by The Beatles that would become their most famous song and the most recorded song of all-time with over 2,500 cover versions. The song was “Yesterday” but Paul McCartney was the only one who played on it and he also wrote the song (it is credited as Lennon-McCa...

Twickenham Film Studios, St. Margaret's, Twickenham

The embargo restricting publication of the Queen's Birthday Honours list was lifted during the night of Friday, June 11, so news of the Beatles MBE awards was splashed across all of the British daily newspapers this morning. The Beatles were at Tw...

June 11, 1965 - Paul and Jane at Heathrow Airport just arrived back earlier than planned from their holiday in Portugal. Brian Epstein asked Paul to return to London for the June 12th announcement that the Beatles were to be awarded M.B.E. medals later in the year.

Nothing happening today

With the movie Help! completed, the Beatles have decided to enjoy some well deserved time off.

A new stereo mix of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was produced by Norman Smith between 10:00 and 10:30 this morning at Abbey Rd, destined for Beatles albums being compiled this year by EMI affiliates in Australia and the Netherlands.

Today, another day of rest.