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Wednesday, June 10, 1964

Hong Kong

Concert • By The Beatles • Part of the Spring / Summer 1964 World Tour

Last updated on April 22, 2019


Details

  • Country: Hong Kong
  • City: Hong Kong
  • Location: Princess Theatre

Location

  • Location: Princess Theatre

Timeline

From Post Magazine , June 2, 2017:

“They’re coming: YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” So trumpeted the headline in the South China Morning Post on March 14, 1964, as “Beatle­mania”, now at fever pitch worldwide, swept into Hong Kong. The Fab Four would arrive on Monday, June 8, en route to Australia, staying at the President Hotel and playing the following evening before departing on June 10.

As anticipation grew, the Post’s May 24 edition reported stores doing a brisk business in “Beatles suits” and “moptop” wigs. On June 5, the newspaper reported drummer Ringo Star Starr was too ill to travel. The “substitute Beatle” would be Jimmie Nicol.

“Wild Welcome at Kai Tak for The Beatles”, ran the headline on June 9. “Hundreds of screaming teenagers in Hongkong yesterday gave Britain’s Beatles a wild welcome,” the story read. “More than 1,000 boys and girls waited in the rain at Kai Tak airport for the plane carrying the long-haired pop singers, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Jimmie Nicol. As the plane approached the runway, one English girl said: ‘I told myself I wasn’t going to scream, but I think I will.’ A Chinese girl, asked if she was going to scream, replied: ‘Of course.’” […]

From Post Magazine – Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Jimmie Nicol (standing in for an unwell Ringo Starr) wave to fans as they arrive at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong on June, 8, 1964.

Princess Theatre

This was the 1st and only concert played at Princess Theatre.

Setlist for the concert

The setlist for this concert is incomplete, or we have not be able to confirm in an accurate way that this was the setlist. If you have any clue, pls let us know and leave a comment.

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laurie • 3 years ago

I was there and I remember they did I Feel Fine and Long Tall Sally, first time I'd heard those.


The PaulMcCartney Project • 3 years ago

Thanks Laurie ! What wonderful memories it should be !


Jasper • 3 months ago

No way they played I Feel Fine at this concert. John wrote the song later that year in October 1964.

The setlist would have been similar to the Copenhagen, Blokker and Adelaide concerts.

- I Saw Her Standing There

- I Want To Hold Your Hand

- All My Loving

- She Loves You

- Till There Was You

- Roll Over Beethoven

- Can't Buy Me Love

- This Boy

- Twist And Shout

- Long Tall Sally


The PaulMcCartney Project • 3 months ago

Thanks Jasper. Will update when I revisit 1964.


laurie • 3 months ago

Gosh, I stand corrected, it just goes to show how memory can play tricks. What I do (think I) remember is that the set consisted mostly of the big hits one would expect but that 2 songs stood out for me as being new to me -- one of them was Long Tall Sally (a song whose origins I only learned later). So Jasper's list looks about right.

I also remember that to get to the Beatles' rather short set we had to sit through seemingly interminable performances by the opening acts, whose names were, approximately, Sounds Incorporated and the Maori Hi-Five. And that the screaming obscured the finer points of the performance.


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