On This Day in Beatles History

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula – 28 May 2026
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula – 28 May 2026
Thursday 28 May 2026 | Live Performance | Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, USA On Thursday 28 May 2026, Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band opened their 2026 US... Read more...
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln – 5 June 2026
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln – 5 June 2026
Friday 5 June 2026 | Live Performance | Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California, USA On Friday 5 June 2026, Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Thunder... Read more...
The Beatles live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton – 14 June 1963
The Beatles live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton – 14 June 1963
Friday 14 June 1963 | Live Performance | Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside On the evening of Friday 14 June 1963, The Beatles performed at the Tower Ballroom in... Read more...
Filming: Spin It On, Again And Again And Again, Getting Closer by Wings – 12 June 1979
Tuesday 12 June 1979 | Promotional Film Shoot | Eagle Parachute Centre, Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent, England On Tuesday 12 June 1979, Wings filmed promotional clips for three songs from their forthcoming album Back to the Egg: 'Spin It On', 'Again and Again and Again', and 'Getting Closer'. The shoot was directed by Keith 'Keef' McMillan, who filmed promotional clips for several other Back to the Egg songs during the same week. The primary location was the Eagle Parachute Centre at Lympne Airport in Lympne, Kent — a small airfield... Read more...
Wings rehearse in Nashville – 12 June 1974
Wednesday 12 June 1974 | Rehearsal | Curly Putman's Farm, Nashville, Tennessee On Wednesday 12 June 1974, Wings rehearsed at the farm owned by Nashville songwriter Claude 'Curly' Putman Jr. in Tennessee. The band had rented the farm for $2,000 a week, staying on the property and rehearsing in the garage. On this day and the previous one, Wings primarily worked on two songs from their recently released album Band on the Run: 'Jet' and 'Band on the Run'. The Nashville visit was part of Wings' preparations for their forthcoming... Read more...
US album release: Some Time In New York City – 12 June 1972
Monday 12 June 1972 | Album Release | John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory On Monday 12 June 1972, Some Time In New York City was released in the United States — the follow-up to John Lennon's critically acclaimed Imagine (1971). A collaboration with Yoko Ono and New York band Elephant's Memory, the album was a radical departure from the melodic accessibility of its predecessor: a double album of explicitly political songs, raw in production and uncompromising in content, accompanied by a live disc of performances with Frank... Read more...
John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend Betty Klein's birthday party – 12 June 1971
Saturday 12 June 1971 | Social Event | 3110 Palisades Avenue, Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City On Saturday 12 June 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono attended a birthday party for Betty Klein, the wife of Allen Klein, Apple Corps' business manager. The garden party took place at the Kleins' home at 3110 Palisades Avenue in the Riverdale area of the Bronx, New York City, and was attended by more than 250 guests. The guest list was a remarkable cross-section of the cultural and political world of early 1970s... Read more...
Recording: The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp & Behind That Locked Door – 12 June 1970
Friday 12 June 1970 | Recording Session | Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London Friday 12 June 1970 was the 12th recording session for George Harrison's third solo album All Things Must Pass, held at Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road. Two songs were worked on during the session: 'The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)' and 'Behind That Locked Door'. The session was produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector, with engineers Phil McDonald and John Leckie. The session was ostensibly an overdub session for pedal... Read more...
US album release: The Family Way soundtrack – 12 June 1967
Monday 12 June 1967 | Album Release | Paul McCartney & George Martin On Monday 12 June 1967, the soundtrack to the 1966 British film The Family Way was issued in the United States, following its UK release on 6 January 1967. The music was mostly composed by Paul McCartney and scored and orchestrated by George Martin, and was released under the name The George Martin Orchestra, The Family Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The US edition was released as London MS 82007, with the same tracks as the UK... Read more...
The Beatles MBE press conference at Twickenham Film Studios – 12 June 1965
Saturday 12 June 1965 | Press Conference | Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, England On Saturday 12 June 1965, as news outlets went into overdrive following the announcement that The Beatles were to be awarded MBEs (Members of the Order of the British Empire), a press conference was hastily convened at Twickenham Film Studios, where the group had been watching a rough edit of their new film Help! At 1.30pm, all four Beatles appeared before 150 reporters at the studios — though John Lennon arrived 70 minutes late, having missed the... Read more...
The Beatles live: Centennial Hall, Adelaide – 12 June 1964
Friday 12 June 1964 | Live Performance | Centennial Hall, Adelaide, South Australia On Friday 12 June 1964, The Beatles performed two shows at Centennial Hall in Adelaide, South Australia — the first concerts of their Australian leg of the 1964 world tour. The day before, they had landed on Australian soil for the first time, arriving in Sydney on 11 June. On the morning of 12 June they flew from Sydney to Adelaide in a chartered Ansett ANA jet, touching down at 11.57am. What awaited them in Adelaide was... Read more...
The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening) – 12 June 1962
Tuesday 12 June 1962 | Live Performance | Cavern Club, Mathew Street, Liverpool, England On the evening of Tuesday 12 June 1962, The Beatles performed their 70th evening show at the Cavern Club on Mathew Street in Liverpool — their 173rd known appearance overall at the venue. They appeared second on a two-act bill headlined by The Blue Genes. It was also the 27th occasion on which they performed both a lunchtime and an evening show at the Cavern on the same day — having already played a lunchtime set... Read more...