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The Beatles with their Bravo Otto Award
The German concert tour was sponsored by Bravo magazine, so they took the opportunity of the first Beatles press conference in their country to present them with the Bravo Otto Award and get plenty of...
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Afternoon in Munich
The Beatles came on stage at 6:47pm in Munich, Germany for the first concert performance in 6 months.
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Backstage rehearsals and relaxation
Backstage in Munich, the Beatles rehearsed the harmonies on "Paperback Writer" and relaxed a bit. Looks like they checked out the official tour poster as well.
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Beatlemania in Munich 1966
Let's take a look at what the fans looked like in Munich 50 years ago....
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Arriving in Essen
Here is a lovely story of a fan that got to meet the Beatles when they arrived at the train station. Much love and thanks to That Eventuality blog for posting the translation of this story. “In 1963,...
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Essen press conference
Between shows another mundane press conference was held. Look at Brian standing in the background. He does not look amused.
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Evening in Essen
By the evening concert, I guess Mal, Neil and Alf figured that the guys weren't going to be using the keyboard on "I'm Down" and took it off the stage.
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Train to Hamburg
The Beatles boarded the train at Essen for their return to Hamburg at midnight on June 26, 1966. The trip wasn't too long and so the guys did not sleep during the ride. Paul was interviewed and...
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Coming back to Hamburg
When the Beatles arrived at the train station in Hamburg at 5:30am at least 200 fans were there to greet them. There wasn't much protection for them and the Beatles had to make a made dash to get...
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Hamburg press conference 1966
The Beatles performed an afternoon and evening concert at Hamburg. At this time, I am not able to tell the two concerts apart in the photographs, so I am going to combine the photos for one post. In...
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A meal with some old friends
After the press conference, the Beatles had a meal and got to talk and have photos taken with some of their friends from the Hamburg Days. Those that were present backstage in 1966 were Icke Braun...
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What a difference 5 years can make
Another visitor was Peter Bruchmann who saw the Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club in 1961 and took a series of photographs of them performing. He gave John and George a copy of their photos that...
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The Tubon
Paul (and John) played around with an instrument called a Tubon, which is a cylinder shaped instrument that had a keyboard on it. Kathia Berger said that Bert Kaempfert brought it with him, however...
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A little rest and relaxation
If all of the meeting with old friends wasn't enough, the Beatles also took a little time to relax backstage before the last concert in Germany. It was said that people were calling the Beatles...
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The last performance in Hamburg
These photos could be from the afternoon or evening Hamburg 1966 concert
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Meet the Rattles
Before the Beatles left Hamburg on June 27, 1966, they stopped and had photos taken on the steps of the hotel with members of one of the opening acts on the tour, The Rattles.
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