The Beatles came together for their final live performance on this day in history, August 29, 1966. The concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was never announced as the band’s last dance, but ...

While every Beatles show after 1963 was something of a circus, nothing compared to the band’s ’66 tour. By then, the Fab Four were so popular they were traveling around in the back of an armored van.

Just three years after making their national British television debut (and two years after their Ed Sullivan Show breakout appearance), the Beatles delivered a surprise TV performance that would end ...

You watch footage of screaming crowds and cramped hotel rooms and can feel why the band walked away from the stage in 1966. They left touring because the noise, safety risks, and exhaustion made live ...

The Beatles retired from touring in 1966–long before they actually called it quits as a band. Their robust touring schedules (mixed with the fact the band didn’t feel they were very good live) moved ...

As an added bonus, we're also throwing in this behind-the scenes 1966 footage of The Beatles in Japan in which you learn, among other things, how often the lads wash their hair in an average week.