London • 9pm show

The Beatles played four concerts in London over two days as part of their final UK tour. The first two took place at the Hammersmith Odeon on this day, at 6:45 pm and 9 pm. Also appearing on the bill were the Moody Blues, the Paramounts, Beryl Marsden, Steve Aldo, the Koobas, and the Marionettes.

According to singer P.J. Proby, who attended the second show, The Beatles went to his place afterwards, before heading on to the Ad Lib club.

The following day, they played two concerts at the Astoria Theatre.

After the Odeon shows we went back to my place – I had a home in Chelsea at the time opposite the barracks – and then we went on to the Ad Lib Club, our regular. It was hard to get in and it had these great views, all over London. It was run by Alma Cogan’s boyfriend.

P.J. Proby – From “Beatlemania! The Real Story of the Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965” by Martin Creasy, 2011

Back home with Jean and Mark. So glad to be back! It’s good to be in my own bed agan. I seem to be able to relax better at home. Anyway the boys did the Hammersmith Odeon to a fantastic crowd. I think the Londoners have really taken the boys into their hearts, as if they came from her. All the press were out again to make a big show for the papers. Good for publicity, Brian says. That is as long as John doesn’t tell them what he really thinks.

Alf Bicknell – The Beatle’s chauffeur – Quoted in The final UK Tour December 1965 – The Daily Beatle

23 girls gate-crash Beatles’ show

OFFICIALS at a London cinema where The Beatles were playing last night got a shock just before they opened the doors to more than 3,000 teenage fans. For already inside the cinema were 23 girls — three of them fast asleep. None of the girls had a ticket. “How they got in, I don’t know,” said a commissioner.

No one knew how long the girls had been inside the cinema — the Hammersmith Odeon — but they were escorted out before the show began. The Beatles’ show was the last in a week-long nation-wide tour.

Their first house spot went with its usual din, screaming girls standing on seats — and inaudibility.

The group’s performance of their latest single — “Day Tripper” and “We Can Work It Out” — and numbers from their new LP, “Rubber Soul,” had an ecstatic reception.

One of the visitors to the show was comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who, like The Beatles, comes from Liverpool.

Score for the first house: Two rows of seats wrenched from their bases, and 73 cases of fainting.

The second house was half-an-hour late in starting, to allow time for theatre staff to rebolt some of the seats, which were dislodged and overturned.

From Evening Post – December 11, 1965

Hammersmith Odeon

This was the 43rd 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. I Feel Fine

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

2. She's A Woman

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

3. If I Needed Someone

   Written by George Harrison

4. Act Naturally

   Written by Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison

5. Nowhere Man

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

6. Baby's In Black

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

7. Help!

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

8. We Can Work It Out

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

9. Yesterday

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

10. Day Tripper

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

11. I'm Down

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

See song statistics for “The Beatles' 1965 UK Tour”

Going further

• https://www.beatlesbible.com/1965/12/10/live-odeon-cinema-hammersmith-london/