1965, the third victorious year The Beatles. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr They’re more than just a group anyway source: they have revolutionized modern music and the image of youth, their faces and voices are best known on the planet, their photos are worshiped as religious icons, their concerts attract thousands of spectators and their records sell millions
In less than five years, they’ve gone from playing for hours at moldy venues in Liverpool and Hamburg to traveling and conquering publics across Europe, Asia, and Oceania. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, thus initiating what became known as the “British invasion” in the former colonies, in which The Rolling Stones, The Zombies, and Dusty Springfield also joined. Few times in the recent history of mankind has it been such a significant phenomenon that it gave rise to universal popularity. Four boys from Liverpool.
1965 was also the year The Beatles performed their first and only performance in Spain. In July, the band gave a concert at the Plaza de Toros de las Ventas in Madrid and at the Monumental in Barcelona. There were two shows of 35 minutes each, and they performed some of their best songs in that show—from “Twist and Shout”, which they opened that evening, to the “Long tall Sally” version of Little Richard, which they closed. “Can’t get me love”, “Ticket for a ride” or “Night of a rough day”.
The Beatles and the regime
Their success was relative, at least in Madrid, where the Beatles, despite their fame, failed to fill the square. for the dictatorship Franc The band’s performance in Spain was real. international face lift and yet the authorities did not facilitate the organization of the event. Organizer Francisco Bermúdez did not receive authorization from the Ministry of the Interior. until seven days before the concert, therefore, he did not have much time to promote the promotion and sale of tickets, which at that time were quite high – 250 pesetas – for many young people.
Another striking fact was the significant police presence before and during The Beatles concert in Madrid. The device was so powerful that it’s estimated at two police officers per assistant. Film director Edgar Neville “There were so many cops you could take Gibraltar with one more,” he wrote.
Instead of stands Barcelona’s Monumental Square yes, they were swarming with the public to welcome the most famous band of the moment. However, citizens who followed the event through No-Do encountered a very different version because the images they presented were of half-filled seats in Madrid. the Beatles They had passed through Spain “without pain and victory” and the regime press assured that “it was clear that the square was not full”.
Paradors full of stars
However, in the same year, there could be a third concert of The Beatles in Spain, and this concert could be given before Madrid and Barcelona. Because if things went well, The “great four” were going to put on a full F performance in ValenciaThere that year was 1965.
This was at least stated by a journalist from La Vanguardia in a report published on March 7, 1965. Performances that Valencians will enjoy in two environments set up by the Fallas festivities: “Bunyol” and “Foc”.
“The man at ‘Foc’ has made an extraordinary effort to get the most relevant figures in song and cinema,” the journalist said. And these numbers were Antonio Gades, Ludmila Tcherina, Smug Mazzetti, Franciska, Fernandel Jr or Bruno Lomas and others. He also predicted its possible inclusion. Carmen Sevilla and Augusto Algueró and Charles Aznavour.
As for the “Bünyol” hostel, at the head of the cartel Rita Pavone, Gigliola Cinquetti, Adama, Frida Boccara, Michel and Laura Casale, among others.
One million eight hundred thousand pesetas
“The contract for these first stars requires an outlay of several million pesetas,” said a journalist from La Vanguardia, and then added: “In case there are several million paid for the contract for these attractions, I will tell you, the manager of a hostel, to put this group on display in Fallas. He met with the manager of the British band The Beatles, who wanted one million eight hundred thousand pesetas”.
There is not and will not be more information about this in the coming days. But either because of the British band’s high “cache” – about 350,000 current euros, something more than what was charged for the cache in 2022 C Tangana– or for other reasons, the question is that The Beatles didn’t play in Valencia that year or any other.
Rustiks by The Beatles
Yes definitely, Brian Epstein The manager of the Liverpool quartet, to which the news in La Vanguardia refers, managed to place The Rustiks on the poster of the hostel “Bünyol”. This was a British team that was also part of Epstein’s team but clearly far less successful than the Beatles.
It seems that Rustiks had a few performances that fallero month in Valencia in March 1965, after which they moved to Madrid, where they played for various clubs in the capital, as well as Mallorca and Gibraltar, after which they returned to England and history ended. Meanwhile, in July 1965 until you eat them Rustiks was one of the opening bands at The Beatles’ Las Ventas concert. and there they met an artist they met at the “Bünyol” hostel and who was hosting both events: Torrebruno