Talk:The Beatles/Archive 15
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Ringo Re-joined Beatles in Melbourne NOT NZ
Ringo re-joined the Beatles on their Australian tour in Melbourne 1964 and played Festival Hall on Monday June 15. I saw him play! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.82.20 (talk) 07:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Suggestion
I suggest including, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Nicol to associated acts. I could not do it, page is read-only for me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.202.146.22 (talk) 03:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
"Crossing the Atlantic" section: breaking news 1/28/08: Israel apologizes for retracting invitation
Hi, I am not a properly authorized editor to add a sentence or two on this, which has just appeared as a news item in Israel.
From the Jerusalem Post, 1/28/08: Israel Apologizes
After a delay of 43 years the State of Israel officially apologized on Sunday to the Beatles for retracting an invitation to perform in the Jewish state in 1965.
Israel's ambassador to Great Britain is scheduled to meet the half-sister of John Lennon in the Beatles Museum in Liverpool and present the museum's manager with an official apology letter, including an invitation to remaining band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to come perform during the celebrations of 60 years of Independence of the State of Israel, Army Radio reported.
"We are happy to invite you to perform in Israel's independence celebrations and to fix a historical mistake from 1965 which prevented [Israeli] audiences from seeing a band which influenced a whole generation," the letter says.
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Apparently the real reason for canceling the Beatles' show was economical: the Knesset's Finance Committee was coping with a severe lack in foreign currency and decided that after several foreign performers were already invited to perform in Israel that year, there was no justification in investing in a performance by a band they considered to be of low artistic standards.