Another Beatles Christmas Show • Night 17 • 6:15pm

This was the seventeenth night of “Another Beatles Christmas Show,” which ran from December 24, 1964, to January 16, 1965. Rather than a traditional concert, the production took the form of a holiday-season variety show, blending short comedy sketches (with the Beatles acting in humorous vignettes), with performances by other artists from Brian Epstein’s management roster. Each performance concluded with a short live set by The Beatles.

On this seventeenth evening, two consecutive performances were given — the first at 6:15 pm and the second at 8:45 pm.

“Two American sisters spent £300 on a 6,000-mile round trip from New York to snatch a few hours in London – just to see the Beatles pantomime.  On Wednesday (13-1-65), Mary Pezzullo, 21, and her schoolgirl sister, Virginia, 14, canceled their plane seats and stayed a second night to see the show again.  And later to meet John, Paul George, and Ringo backstage. Said sir stewardess Mary: “We just can’t believe it.  We were in the foyer this time on Tuesday (12-1-65) when I mentioned our trip to someone standing there.  Along came one of the Beatles’ managers who invited us to see the show again and gave us two tickets. So we stayed on.”  Dark-haired Virginia – “We both come from New York“- said, “This was my sister’s joint Christmas and birthday present to me. I guess I’m Beatle-crazy, and now all the other kids back at college will be full of envy when I show them their autographs and pictures taken of us with them,”  Said Mary:  “She had been looking forward to seeing the Beatles for over a year, and entered a competition to win a ticket and trip here.  She got to the final stages, and then she missed a phone call from the radio station because she was at school. So I decided not to disappoint her.“

From Meet the Beatles for Real: American girls meet the Beatles

Hammersmith Odeon

This was the 35th concert played at Hammersmith Odeon.

A total of 51 concerts have been played there • 1964 • Dec 21 • Dec 22 • Dec 23 • Dec 24 7:30pm • Dec 26 6:15pm • Dec 26 8:45pm • Dec 28 6:15pm • Dec 28 8:45pm • Dec 29 6:15pm • Dec 29 8:45pm • Dec 30 6:15pm • Dec 30 8:45pm • Dec 31 6:15pm • Dec 31 8:45pm • 1965 • Jan 1 6:15pm • Jan 1 8:45pm • Jan 2 6:15pm • Jan 2 8:45pm • Jan 4 6:15pm • Jan 4 8:45pm • Jan 5 6:15pm • Jan 5 8:45pm • Jan 6 6:15pm • Jan 6 8:45pm • Jan 7 6:15pm • Jan 7 8:45pm • Jan 8 6:15pm • Jan 8 8:45pm • Jan 9 6:15pm • Jan 9 8:45pm • Jan 11 6:15pm • Jan 11 8:45pm • Jan 12 6:15pm • Jan 12 8:45pm • Jan 13 6:15pm• Jan 13 8:45pm • Jan 14 6:15pm • Jan 14 8:45pm • Jan 15 6:15pm • Jan 15 8:45pm • Jan 16 6:15pm • Jan 16 8:45pm • Dec 10 6:45pm show • Dec 10 9pm show • 1973 • May 25 • May 26 • May 27 • 1975 • Sep 17 • Sep 18 • 1979 • Sep 14 • Dec 29

Setlist for the concert

1. Twist And Shout

   Written by Phil Medley, Bert Russell

2. I'm A Loser

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

3. Baby's In Black

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

4. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

   Written by Carl Perkins

5. Can't Buy Me Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

6. Honey Don't

   Written by Carl Perkins

7. I Feel Fine

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

8. She's A Woman

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

9. A Hard Day's Night

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

10. Rock And Roll Music

    Written by Chuck Berry

11. Long Tall Sally

    Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell

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