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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Reunite for Beatles Documentary London Premiere

(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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Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were joined by the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison at the premiere of “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years”, in London on Thursday (09.15.16).

Both Ringo and Sir Paul said the film brought back memories of the fantastic times and, particularly, their unsophisticated sound system.

“We were just this band of rockers who loved to do what we did”, Ringo adds.

“But [referring to Giles Martin, the film’s music producer – and son of Sir George] he’s done, you know, some modern technology on it and managed to get our playing through so it’s even better than it was”.

Sir Paul wore the same jacket he donned for the band’s premiere of A Hard Day’s Night back in 1964 at the event. We wanted to do well.

“But this amusing stuff of like all the screaming and the craziness was coming in at the same time as all the success, which is what we wanted, so we couldn’t complain. But I like to think we made a little bit of a connection”.

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“For so long we were a foursome, then we split up, but we were still a foursome”, McCartney said while discussing the film. Predictably full of great performing footage and incorporating new interviews with the too-few surviving witnesses, the doc may hold few revelations for baby boomers and their kids, who’ve had ample opportunities to revisit the material.

Fab Two come together for Beatles film premiere