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Saturday, June 25, 1966

Essen • 9pm show

Concert • By The Beatles • Part of the 1966 Germany Tour

Last updated on October 22, 2023


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  • Country: Germany
  • City: Essen
  • Location: Grugahalle

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  • Location: Grugahalle

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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
From The Beatles Monthly Book – August 1966

From MOJO – November 2022
From Beatles German Concert Ticket. A ticket from the Beatles’ June 25, | Lot #22139 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

Grugahalle

This was the 2nd concert played at Grugahalle.

A total of 2 concerts have been played there • 1966Jun 25 (5pm show)Jun 25 (9pm show)

Setlist for the concert

  1. Yesterday

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

  2. I'm Down

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

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