How many solo concerts did John Lennon perform?
By the time of their 1966 live show halt, The Beatles had clocked an exhaustive number of sets under their belts. Back when Pete Best was behind the drum kit and still sporting leather jackets, the group were already well accustomed to a punishing gig schedule, incessantly performing around the Merseyside area and discovering amphetamines to keep up with the hectic demand of the Hamburg club circuit.After going ‘fab’ with Ringo Starr’s recruitment and donning their signature Chesterfield suits, Beatlemania was very much an eight-day-a-week commitment, playing over 800 shows across 90 cities around the world and performing sets which were trailing behind their growing creative ambitions. With touring fatigue finally getting the better of the band, their 1966 performance at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park would be The Beatles’ last conventional gig, save the impromptu rooftop set above the Apple Corps headquarters as famously documented on the Let It Be feature.
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