Paris • Afternoon show

The Beatles’ European Tour opened in Paris. The venture began controversially, when the authorities at London Airport turned away Beatles fans who were arriving to wave the group goodbye, claiming that The Beatles themselves had asked them not to attend. This was angrily denied by both the group and manager Brian Epstein. The Beatles arrived at Paris-Orly at 10am and checked in to the George Cinq. Their reception was quiet by Beatles standards with only about 50 fans waiting outside their hotel. This pattern was repeated throughout the tour, as the group regularly played to less than capacity audiences. In Paris, they played two concerts to 6,000 people each at the Palais des Sports, topping a bill which also featured The Yardbirds. The second show was broadcast on both French radio and television. Afterwards Françoise Hardy visited them at the George Cinq. The night was spent at Castell’s nightclub, where they stayed until dawn.

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From The Daily Beatle:

Filmed live at Palais Des Sports, Paris, 20 June 1965. The TV programme was shot by famous French director Jean-Christophe Averty. He hated rock and roll and dismissed the Beatles as minor musicians. He considers he did a very bad job with the Beatles concert. For years he banned the showing of the film again, until Apple got the masters back from INA (the national film archives) to include some clips in the Beatles Anthology TV series, “I’m A Loser” and “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”.

The Beatles opened their short European tour at the Palais Des Sports in the Place de la Porte de Versailles on Sunday 20 June 1965. They appeared on two shows at the arena, the first at 3.00pm and the second at 9.00pm. The second show was broadcast by both French Television and radio and the two houses were full to the 6,000 capacity – something which hadn’t happened for several years. […]

The group received a tremendous reception after their final number, “Long Tall Sally”. Ringo had a solo spot with “”I Wanna Be Your Man and George had sung lead on “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”. There was enthusiastic applause for Paul when he tried to introduce several songs in French.

After the show French chanteuse Francoise Hardy visited the group at the George V Hotel and later they visited Castell’s nightclub.

For some reason, the television show was edited in such a way that the songs no longer ran in the correct order as performed, and “I Feel Fine” was omitted.

March 6
Brian Epstein announced that plans for The Beatles’ July concert in Paris to be televised across Europe had been cancelled. Instead, a camera team would be filming their performance at Shea Stadium in New York during August.

Miles, Barry. The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years (Kindle Locations 4930-4931). Music Sales. Kindle Edition.

Palais des Sports

This was the 1st concert played at Palais des Sports.

A total of 2 concerts have been played there • 1965 • Jun 20 Afternoon show• Jun 20 Evening Show

Setlist for the concert

1. Twist And Shout

   Written by Phil Medley, Bert Russell

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2. She's A Woman

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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3. I'm A Loser

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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4. Can't Buy Me Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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5. Baby's In Black

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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6. I Wanna Be Your Man

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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7. A Hard Day's Night

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

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8. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

   Written by Carl Perkins

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9. Rock And Roll Music

   Written by Chuck Berry

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10. I Feel Fine

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

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11. Ticket To Ride

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

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12. Long Tall Sally

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

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See song statistics for “The Beatles' 1965 European tour”

Going further

• https://www.beatlesbible.com/1965/06/20/live-palais-des-sports-paris/