McCartney Times

The Beatles decided to stop touring in 1966, tired after years on the road, playing to huge crowds of screaming fans. Their final tour, which was across the United States and Canada that summer, was marred by controversy around John Lennon’s comment that the band was “more popular than Jesus”. John had made the comment in an interview with the Evening Standard in July 1966 and it didn’t even cause a stir in the UK. However, when it was reproduced by US magazine Datebook later that month, there was outrage directed toward The Beatles from American Christians.

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Source: The Beatles ‘disaster’ was ‘all caught on film’ but it led to iconic moment – Liverpool Echo