(She also recalls how her mother surprised her with impossible-to-get tickets to 1965’s famous Shea Stadium concert.) African-American historian Kitty Oliver brings personal perspective to talk of how the band refused to allow Southern promoters to segregate the audiences at their shows.
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So when the two surviving members of the greatest rock act of the last century reunited on the red carpet after the band broke up in 1970, the clocks seemed to have truly gone back to the golden era during which The Beatles toured the world and took it by storm.
But neither Paul McCartney nor Ringo Starr have pulled any strings to get an early peek at director Ron Howard’s new documentary – even though it’s about them.
“We started off as four mates in a great little band and we kept playing and playing and all this stuff happened”, McCartney said.
The film, which has the backing of John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George, features footage showing how the four-piece worked together to become the most successful band the world has seen.
Ringo threw dozens of peace signs at the cameras as he was escorted to his auto, and continued to from the backseat, while his wife Barbara Bach, 69, giggled in the front seat.
“So that’s very emotional and very special to see that again”, he told reporters.
Ringo described their lasting fame as “beautiful”, adding: “People love The Beatles”.
Madonna and a couple of her friends sang “A Hard Day’s Night” in the auto home after attending yesterday’s Beatles premiere in London.
“For so long we were a foursome, then we split up, but we were still a foursome”, McCartney said while discussing the film.
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“We did Candlestick Park and it was OK, a lot of screaming and we didn’t enjoy the gig and we were just hustled into this meat wagon which was just like a chrome box and we are all just sliding around looking at each other thinking “bloody hell”, he told BBC’s “The One Show” on Wednesday.
