The trouble of the Beatles last tour all began on July 29th, 1966 when the teen magazine called Datebook printed a quote from a John Lennon interview where Lennon claimed that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. The writer’s original interview published in the London Evening Standard didn’t create any controversy after it hit the stands. But it caused great controversy in the US four months later.
The negative limelight cast a dark shadow over the start of the tour. An anonymous telephone caller Read the rest of this entry