Fact #90634
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Eight thousand fans see The Beatles at the NME Poll Winners Concert, in The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Cliff Richard And The Shadows, Adam Faith, Joe Brown, Frank Ifield and Gerry And The Pacemakers. The awards are handed out by actor Roger Moore. Full article:
Joe Brown : I think I got Personality of the Year on that one. Those shows were really done for television. I think we had to mime on those.
Tony Bramwell (Beatles' aide) : Those were always fantastic occasions, partly because they were televised, which was unusual for a rock event in those days, but also the fans went absolutely bonkers for the entire four hours of the show because they were seeing all their favourite acts in one show, one after the other.
Considering how many pop stars there were wandering around backstage, the shows were incredibly well run. They'd just have one set of amps on the stage, and each band would just go out and plug in, do a couple of numbers and then come right off again.
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Tony Bramwell (Beatles' aide) : Those were always fantastic occasions, partly because they were televised, which was unusual for a rock event in those days, but also the fans went absolutely bonkers for the entire four hours of the show because they were seeing all their favourite acts in one show, one after the other.
Considering how many pop stars there were wandering around backstage, the shows were incredibly well run. They'd just have one set of amps on the stage, and each band would just go out and plug in, do a couple of numbers and then come right off again.