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The beatles once played a concert to only 18 people

dannydutch.com
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a year ago
bypracticalmagictointeresting

Summary

In December 1961, Sam Leach secured a series of performances for his musician friends from Liverpool at the Palais Ballroom in Aldershot, Hampshire. This marked the first gig in the south of England for Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Pete Best.
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joesch
a year ago
What a treat for those people that attended! Right before their height too!
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throwschen
a year ago
Stories like these always make me sad I'll never see something like that. LiveNation is killing the ability for events like this
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theonesource
a year ago
Good thing the US government is suing them!
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practicalmagicOP
a year ago
Really surprised they weren't able to gain any sort of interest
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justadev
a year ago
Probably didn't help that they started off just sitting around instead of just playing