As John Lennon says in one of his funniest rejoinders, if the band knew why people were so insane about them “we’d form another group and become managers”.
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be in London Thursday for the opening of “Eight Days a Week the Touring Years”.
Before production began for the film, John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and George Harrison’s widow Olivia Harrison gave their blessing.
Rolling Stone wrote: “Ron Howard catches the exhilarating kick of Beatlemania as the band toured 15 countries from 1963 to 1966”.
Speaking on the blue carpet, Sir Paul told reporters: “We’re getting great memories obviously of playing with John and George”.
‘So that’s very emotional and very special to see that again’.
However, he added: “Paul and Ringo seem very happy with the project, the way people are responding to it”. Lots of now famous creative types check in regarding how they were influenced by the Beatles as kids: we hear from Eddie Izard, Richard Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Whoopi Goldberg, and Elvis Costello, among others.
“I think the basic thing about The Beatles is that we were a great little band”, says McCartney.
The Touring Years has its theatrical premiere tonight in London, and in a Facebook Q&A conducted yesterday with Howard, McCartney and Starr, the Fab Two admitted they aren’t sure what to expect when the curtains go up.
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Sir Paul, who said he was wearing the same jacket he donned for the band’s premiere of A Hard Day’s Night back in 1964, was joined by his wife Nancy Shevell and daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney, while Ringo was accompanied by his wife Barbara Bach.
