If you talk long enough, the truth will come out of your mouth.
September, 1980
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PLAYBOY: Just to finish your favorite subject, what about the suggestion that the four of you put aside your personal feelings and regroup to give a mammoth concert for charity, some sort of giant benefit?
LENNON: I don't want to have anything to do with benefits. I have been benefited to death.
PLAYBOY: Why?
LENNON: Because they're always rip-offs. I haven't performed for personal gain since 1966,
when the Beatles last performed. [
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O.K. Let's take him at his word:
1966, when the Beatles last performed.What did John Lennon mean?
This maybe?
May 1, 1966: The Beatles give their last proper British concert at Empire Pool, Wembley, where they play a 15 minute, 5 song set.
Or this?August 29, 1966: The Beatles give their last live concert, in San Francisco, California.
But, what about this? Is this not a performance by the Beatles?
June 25, 1967: Our World, a two-hour satellite television program starring the Beatles was transmitted live by satellite to five continents and 24 countries. They performed "All You Need is Love". It was the first live television satellite program to air worldwide.
OR THIS ONE?December 26, 1967: "Magical Mystery Tour", the Beatles' hour-long television special airs in the U.K., where it is seen by approximately 14 million viewers.
JOHN SAYS NO.THIS ONE? Surely, this was the Beatles performing?January 30, 1969: The Beatles perform together for the last time, live, on the roof of Apple's London office. Later, film of the event will become part of the documentary Let It Be.
John says no.Don't you think the person who started the Beatles would know? Don't you think the person who ended the Beatles would know? Don't you think John Lennon would know about the Beatles and when they last performed?
Was it John, George, Ringo and some other person who we thought was Paul after 1966?
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