May in Beatles History: Complete Timeline of Events

May in Beatles History

May is one of the most event-rich months in Beatles history, spanning Hamburg residencies, landmark BBC recordings, the final UK concert, Abbey Road sessions, and decades of Paul McCartney and George Harrison solo milestones. Browse by date below.

1 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · From Us To You BBC 1964 · Final UK Concert Wembley 1966 · Oh Darling mixing 1969 · John & Yoko Wedding Album mixing 1969 · George Harrison WABC interview 1970 · George Harrison & Bob Dylan New Morning session 1970 · John Lennon deportation halted 1972 · Paul McCartney Atlanta 1993 · Paul McCartney Auburn Hills 2002 · George Harrison Early Takes Vol.1 released 2012 · Paul McCartney Costa Rica 2014 · Now and Then string recording 2022

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7 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Help! filming at Twickenham Studios 1965 · Get Back mixing at Olympic Studios 1969 · RAM final mixing session Los Angeles 1971 · Wings recording Zoo Gang at Abbey Road 1973 · Wings live at Olympia Stadium Detroit 1976 · Paul McCartney live at Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia SC 1993 · Paul McCartney live at Pepsi Center Denver 2002

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11 May in Beatles History

Imperial Ballroom Nelson 1963 · Four By The Beatles EP released 1964 · Help! filming at Cliveden House 1965 · Baby You're A Rich Man recorded at Olympic Studios 1967 · Lennon & McCartney promote Apple in New York 1968 · George Harrison session with Jack Bruce at Morgan Studios 1969 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono fly to Paris 1971 · Wings live at Hammersmith Odeon 1973 · Wings live at Capital Centre Landover 1976 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono at Cannes 1977 · Paul McCartney live in Rome 2003 · Paul McCartney live at Piazza del Colosseo 2003

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13 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Capitol Theatre Cardiff Wings 1973 · Wings live at Spectrum Philadelphia 1976 · Ringo All-Starr Band Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee 1997 · Ringo VH1 Storytellers Sony Music Studios 1998 · Ringo All-Starr Band Atlantic City 2000 · Paul McCartney live in Atlanta 2002

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14 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles at Lathom Hall 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Rink Ballroom Sunderland 1963 · Apple Corps press conference New York 1968 · Lennon & Ono fly to Cannes 1971 · Yoko Ono custody ruling Houston 1973 · Wings mix Zoo Gang at AIR Studios 1973 · Wings live at the Spectrum Philadelphia 1976 · Borrowed Time US single release 1984 · Ringo All-Starr Band East Lansing 1997 · McCartney live Vienna 2003 · Tony Barrow dies 2016

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15 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles at Iron Door Club Liverpool 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Royalty Theatre Chester 1963 · Paul McCartney meets Linda Eastman at Bag O'Nails 1967 · Apple Boutique mural whitewashed 1968 · McCartney BBC Radio Merseyside interview 1969 · Lennon & Ono at Cannes Film Festival 1971 · Wings Winter Gardens Bournemouth 1973 · McCartney signs EMI/Capitol deal 1975 · Wings Capital Centre Landover 1976 · Ringo All-Starr Band Poughkeepsie 2000 · McCartney live Tampa 2002 · McCartney live Budapest 2003 · Lucy in the Sky lyrics sell for $200,000 2011 · Fifth Beatle biopic announced 2015 · McCartney live Córdoba 2016

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16 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Pops and Lenny BBC Television 1963 · Lennon & McCartney return to Apple New York 1968 · Ringo sails QE2 Southampton to New York 1969 · Paul & Linda McCartney holiday Corfu 1969 · Lennon & Ono press conference Cannes 1971 · Wings Hardrock Concert Theatre Manchester 1973 · Geoff Britton joins Wings 1974 · Wings Capital Centre Landover 1976 · Thrillington US release 1977 · McCartney II UK release 1980 · Ringo All-Starr Band Atlanta 1997 · Ringo All-Starr Band Westbury Music Fair 2000

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17 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Beatles live Grosvenor Rooms Norwich 1963 · You Know My Name recording Abbey Road 1967 · Ram US release 1971 · Lennon & Ono Nice to Barcelona 1971 · Lennon immigration hearing New York 1972 · Wings Hardrock Concert Theatre Manchester 1973 · Ringo All-Starr Band Sunrise Florida 1997 · Ringo All-Starr Band Westbury Music Fair 2000 · McCartney live Sunrise Florida 2002 · McCartney live Königsplatz Munich 2003 · McCartney live Tolosa Argentina 2016 · McCartney 3,2,1 announced 2021 · McCartney live Fort Worth 2022 · McCartney becomes UK's first billionaire musician 2024

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18 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Beatles live Adelphi Cinema Slough 1963 · Post-sync recording Help! Twickenham 1965 · Got To Get You Into My Life recording Abbey Road 1966 · Let It Be US album release 1970 · Let It Be press screening London Pavilion 1970 · Lennon & Ono Barcelona to Nice 1971 · Lennon & Ono WNBC interview 1972 · Wings live Empire Theatre Liverpool 1973 · Wings live Omni Coliseum Atlanta 1976 · Wings recording Deliver Your Children Virgin Islands 1977 · Ringo All-Starr Band Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater 1997 · McCartney live Sunrise Florida 2002 · McCartney live Königsplatz Munich 2003 · McCartney live Amway Center Orlando 2013 · McCartney postpones Tokyo shows 2014

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19 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Gaumont Cinema Hanley 1963 · Filming Paperback Writer & Rain Abbey Road 1966 · Recording For No One Abbey Road 1966 · Sgt Pepper press launch Chapel Street 1967 · Lennon & Ono visit Keith Richards at Nellcôte 1971 · Wings live University of Leeds 1973 · Wings live Omni Coliseum Atlanta 1976 · Recording Deliver Your Children & Morse Moose Fair Carol Virgin Islands 1977 · McCartney Harrison Starr at Clapton/Boyd wedding Hurtwood Edge 1979 · Ringo All-Starr Band Uncasville 2000 · McCartney live Amway Center Orlando 2013 · McCartney live Tolosa Argentina 2016 · Ringo All-Starr Band Pechanga Temecula 2023

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20 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles Town Hall Alloa Scottish tour 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Gaumont Cinema Southampton Roy Orbison tour 1963 · Filming Paperback Writer & Rain Chiswick House 1966 · Mixing And Your Bird Can Sing, Doctor Robert, I'm Only Sleeping Abbey Road 1966 · BBC bans A Day In The Life / Kenny Everett Sgt Pepper preview 1967 · UK première of Let It Be London Pavilion & Liverpool 1970 · Venus And Mars listening party Capitol Records New York 1975 · Recording Morse Moose And The Grey Goose Fair Carol Virgin Islands 1977 · Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) UK release 1991 · Ringo All-Starr Band Palace Theatre Myrtle Beach 1997 · McCartney meets Heather Mills Pride Of Britain Awards 1999 · Ringo All-Starr Band Uncas Pavilion Uncasville 2000 · McCartney cancels Japanese tour dates Out There tour 2014 · Ringo All-Starr Band Celebrity Theatre Phoenix 2023

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21 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles Northern Meeting Ballroom Inverness Scottish tour 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Saturday Club & Steppin' Out BBC Playhouse Theatre 1963 · Sie Liebt Dich US single release Swan Records 1964 · Lennon & Ono Los Angeles to San Francisco primal therapy 1970 · Ram UK album release Paul & Linda McCartney 1971 · Wings Guild Hall Preston 1973 · Wings Nassau Coliseum Uniondale My Love recorded for Wings Over America 1976 · McCartney Winnipeg Stadium first North American Mull Of Kintyre 1993 · Ringo All-Starr Band Wolf Trap Vienna Virginia 1997 · Ringo All-Starr Band Icenter Salem New Hampshire 2000 · McCartney AOL Arena Hamburg Back In The World Tour 2003 · McCartney Truist Field Winston-Salem Got Back Tour 2022

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25 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles St Thomas' Hall Keith Scotland 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · City Hall Sheffield Roy Orbison tour 1963 · John Lennon interviewed at Cannes Film Festival CBS TV 1965 · Recording It's All Too Much De Lane Lea Studios 1967 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono Bahamas to Toronto bed-in 1969 · Recording Gimme Some Truth, How?, Oh Yoko! Ascot Sound Studios 1971 · BMI Pop Music Awards dinner New York Lennon & Eastman 1972 · Wings Hammersmith Odeon London 1973 · John Lennon New York to Los Angeles Ringo's Rotogravure session 1976 · Wings Madison Square Garden Phoenix House benefit 1976 · Wings recording Don't Let It Bring You Down Fair Carol Virgin Islands 1977 · Live! At The Star-Club UK album release 1977 · Ringo All-Starr Band Six Flags AstroWorld Houston 1997 · McCartney Estadio El Molinón Gijón 04 Summer Tour opening night 2004 · McCartney Old Vic 192 fundraiser announced Battersea Power Station 2010 · George Harrison Memorial Garden opens Bhaktivedanta Manor 2013 · McCartney Hard Rock Live Hollywood Got Back Tour 2022 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2024

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26 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles Town Hall Forres Scotland 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Recording Yellow Submarine Abbey Road 1966 · UK release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 · US release Electronic Sound George Harrison & Life With The Lions John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Zapple Records) 1969 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono Toronto to Montreal Bed-In 1969 · All Things Must Pass first demo session Abbey Road 1970 · Recording How Do You Sleep? & Crippled Inside Ascot Sound Studios 1971 · Thrillington mixing Island Studios 1972 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono New York Times interview 1972 · Wings Hammersmith Odeon London 1973 · Listen To What The Man Said US single release Wings 1975 · John Lennon & Ringo Starr watch Bob Marley at the Roxy Los Angeles 1976 · Wings London Town tape copying Virgin Islands 1977 · McCartney II US release 1980 · Paul McCartney Folsom Field Boulder New World Tour 1993 · Ringo All-Starr Band The NorVa Norfolk 2000 · Paul McCartney FedExForum Memphis Out There Tour 2013 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2023 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2024

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27 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2023 · Ringo All-Starr Band Casino Rama 2022 · McCartney PNC Arena Raleigh Freshen Up Tour 2019 · McCartney Esprit Arena Düsseldorf One On One Tour 2016 · McCartney BOK Center Tulsa Out There Tour 2013 · Ringo All-Starr Band Bob Carpenter Center Newark 1997 · Venus And Mars US release Wings 1975

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28 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Ringo All-Starr Band Humphreys San Diego 2023 · Ringo All-Starr Band Casino Rama 2022 · McCartney Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville 2019 · McCartney Esprit Arena Düsseldorf 2016 · McCartney FedExForum Memphis 2013 · Ringo All-Starr Band Riverport Amphitheatre Maryland Heights 2000 · Ringo All-Starr Band Bob Carpenter Center Newark 1997 · Wings Hammersmith Odeon 1973

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29 May in Beatles History

Beatles live Rialto Theatre York Roy Orbison tour 1963 · UK single release Ain't She Sweet Polydor 1964 · Recording Jealous Guy, How?, Oh Yoko! Ascot Sound Studios 1971 · Wings US single release Mary Had A Little Lamb 1972 · Wings live Kemper Arena Kansas City 1976 · McCartney live Alamodome San Antonio New World Tour 1993 · Ringo All-Starr Band IC Light Amphitheatre Pittsburgh 1997 · Beatlemania museum opens Hamburg 2009 · McCartney Citi Field announcement 2009 · McCartney BOK Center Tulsa Out There Tour 2013 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2024 · Paul McCartney releases The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 2026

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30 May in Beatles History

Silver Beetles Jacaranda Coffee Bar Liverpool 1960 · Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Odeon Cinema Manchester Roy Orbison tour 1963 · Press conference NEMS Enterprises 1964 · US single release Paperback Writer / Rain 1966 · First White Album session Abbey Road – Recording Revolution 1 1968 · The Ballad of John and Yoko UK single release 1969 · US album release Living In The Material World George Harrison 1973 · Recording Occapella Ringo Starr Sunset Sound Los Angeles 1974 · UK album release Venus And Mars Wings 1975 · Ringo All-Starr Band Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston 1997 · Ringo All-Starr Band Wolf Trap Vienna Virginia 2000 · McCartney Cavern Club Liverpool Back In The World Tour party 2003 · McCartney Estadio de La Peineta Madrid 04 Summer Tour 2004 · Ringo Starr's birthplace 9 Madryn Street saved from demolition 2012 · McCartney BOK Center Tulsa Out There Tour 2013 · McCartney AccorHotels Arena Paris One On One Tour 2016 · Yellow Submarine picture disc single announced 2018 · McCartney Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville Freshen Up Tour 2019 · Ringo All-Starr Band CMAC Canandaigua 2022 · Ringo All-Starr Band Findlay Toyota Center Prescott Valley 2023

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31 May in Beatles History

Top Ten Club Hamburg 1961 · Star-Club Hamburg 1962 · Odeon Cinema Southend-on-Sea Roy Orbison tour 1963 · Prince Of Wales Theatre London Pops Alive! 1964 · Ringo Starr photographed for The Beatles Book 1966 · Recording It's All Too Much De Lane Lea Studios 1967 · Recording Revolution 1 Abbey Road 1968 · US single release Got To Get You Into My Life 1976 · Wings live Chicago Stadium 1976 · US single release Seaside Woman Suzy And The Red Stripes 1977 · McCartney live Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City New World Tour 1993 · Ringo All-Starr Band Rubber Bowl Akron 1997 · Ringo All-Starr Band Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville 2000 · McCartney live Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville Got Back Tour 2022 · Ringo All-Starr Band Humphreys San Diego 2023 · Ringo All-Starr Band Venetian Theatre Las Vegas 2024

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