Essen • Saturday, June 25, 1966 • 9pm show
About
On the morning of this day, The Beatles travelled from Munich to Essen to perform two concerts at the Grugahalle, the first one at 5 pm and the second one at 9 pm, and held a press conference between the sets. Also appearing on the bill were Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers, The Rattles, and Peter and Gordon.
After this concert, The Beatles went back to the train station and reboarded the same train that had brought them from Munich to Essen, in the morning. The train would bring them to Hamburg, the third and final destination of their German trip.
[…] Before going on stage John, George and Paul put in another practice for “Paperback Writer” — Paul was still very far from satisfied. The difficulty being that on record they sing a four-part harmony, yet on stage they can only manage three, and the mere fact that John’s voice was cracking up, didn’t help matters.
After the second show, which was even wilder than the first, we waited for the crowd to disperse before leaving the theatre to go back to the station where the train had been waiting.
It was about twelve thirty when we arrived at the station. A very late dinner was served about one o’clock and everyone was in excellent spirits, except poor old John whose throat was getting worse, so his evening was spent drinking lemon teas and taking lozenges. Everyone else sat round the table playing cards and trying to think up L.P. titles — again! This time Paul fancied the word “pendulum”. […]
From The Beatles Monthly Book – August 1966
Last updated on October 22, 2023
Setlist for the concert
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Written by Chuck Berry
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Written by George Harrison
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Album Available on The Ultimate Live Collection Vol. 18