Fact #105963
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Short story:
A world record fee of $150,000 is paid for The Beatles' live show at The Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The money is paid by baseball team owner Charles Finley, whose daughter is a Beatles fan and he wants to be certain that she will have the opportunity to see them.
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Neil Aspinall : I remember the Kansas offer - for them to play an additional, unscheduled gig - kept coming up. It started out at $60,000 and they were saying 'no' because they had so few days off. Already that year they'd been to Paris, the States, appeared on the Ed Sullivan shows, come home and made the A Hard Day's Night record and movie. Then flown straight off on a world tour, and back to England for more concerts, TV and radio shows. And a visit to Sweden and straight after that an American tour.
They weren't getting any rest. A day off was precious; so if Brian wanted to fill one of their days off with an extra gig, they'd have to stop and think. To play thirty-five American cities was a big tour in those days. They'd play a gig on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, in different cities all over the States - flying in, hotel, press conference, gig, back to the hotel, flying out.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Paul McCartney : Our days off were sacred. If you look at our 1964 timetable you can see why. I didn't realise until recently that we used to have a whole year of work, and then get something like 23rd November off - and then have to judge a beauty competition that day. So, by the time we got to Kansas City, we probably needed a day off. I can't actually remember falling out with Brian about him wanting us to work on a day off, we'd talk to each other rather than fall out.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Brian had booked a 35-gig tour and they knew what they were doing and were committed to that. But to shove one more show in the middle was another story. So, The Beatles kept saying 'no', and the money kept going up. They agreed to do it in the end. The offer started at $60,000 and finally went to $150,000.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry : The Kansas City show was in a big open stadium with bleachers. I can still see the nurses sitting there on the bleachers with the ambulances parked on the side. I can still see myself sitting on those bleachers. The only way we could get to The Beatles dressing room was when Paul would bring us up there.
I'll never forget, in Kansas City he brought us up to their dressing room and they had a big old huge watermelon. Now The Beatles, I don't think they knew what a watermelon was, 'cos they were hitting it and poking it with a knife.
Larry Kane (journalist) : After the show there were people outside the venue selling sheets The Beatles had supposedly slept on in their hotel. They had cut them into little squares and they sold them for $10 a piece. This wasn't unusual.
(Source : not known)
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They weren't getting any rest. A day off was precious; so if Brian wanted to fill one of their days off with an extra gig, they'd have to stop and think. To play thirty-five American cities was a big tour in those days. They'd play a gig on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, in different cities all over the States - flying in, hotel, press conference, gig, back to the hotel, flying out.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Paul McCartney : Our days off were sacred. If you look at our 1964 timetable you can see why. I didn't realise until recently that we used to have a whole year of work, and then get something like 23rd November off - and then have to judge a beauty competition that day. So, by the time we got to Kansas City, we probably needed a day off. I can't actually remember falling out with Brian about him wanting us to work on a day off, we'd talk to each other rather than fall out.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Brian had booked a 35-gig tour and they knew what they were doing and were committed to that. But to shove one more show in the middle was another story. So, The Beatles kept saying 'no', and the money kept going up. They agreed to do it in the end. The offer started at $60,000 and finally went to $150,000.
(Source : The Beatles Anthology)
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry : The Kansas City show was in a big open stadium with bleachers. I can still see the nurses sitting there on the bleachers with the ambulances parked on the side. I can still see myself sitting on those bleachers. The only way we could get to The Beatles dressing room was when Paul would bring us up there.
I'll never forget, in Kansas City he brought us up to their dressing room and they had a big old huge watermelon. Now The Beatles, I don't think they knew what a watermelon was, 'cos they were hitting it and poking it with a knife.
Larry Kane (journalist) : After the show there were people outside the venue selling sheets The Beatles had supposedly slept on in their hotel. They had cut them into little squares and they sold them for $10 a piece. This wasn't unusual.
(Source : not known)