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Thursday, December 19, 1974

Paul McCartney and George Harrison sign the dissolution papers for The Beatles

Last updated on December 22, 2024

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Previous article December 1974 • Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in the US

Interview Dec 14, 1974 • Paul McCartney interview for Disc And Music Echo

Interview Dec 18, 1974 • Linda Eastman / McCartney interview for The Guardian

Article Dec 19, 1974 • Paul McCartney and George Harrison sign the dissolution papers for The Beatles

Article Dec 20, 1974 • Paul & Linda assist to a George Harrison concert

Article Dec 22, 1974 • Paul and Linda attend the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road" musical

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Paul, George and their army of lawyers got together late this night following George’s MSG concert so that signatures could be added to the Beatles dissolution legal papers. John decided not to sign at the time but finally did so in December. Ringo had signed them back in England. George was filming his current US/Canadian tour and had 16mm cameras on hand for this momentous occasion. The existence of this footage was completely unknown until it amazingly turned up in the George documentary “Living in The Material World” in 2011.

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