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The Beatles: The Final Invasion

Dave Zimmer, BAM, 5 September 1986

Twenty-four thousand screaming fans couldn't be wrong. But what they didn't realise on that late August evening was that the Beatles didn't want to be there, that the band couldn't hear itself enough to sing on-key, and that this would be the last Beatles concert in the US ever.

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