The Beatles only appearance in Eire. They fly in to Dublin airport where they are interviewed by RTE, the Irish television network for the In Town TV show.

In the evening they perform a show at the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin.

Traveling with The Beatles is screenwriter Alun Owen, who is observing the group prior to writing the script for their first feature film.

Brian Epstein flies to the U.S. with Billy J. Kramer for a promotional visit. While there, Epstein meets with television variety show host Ed Sullivan, who wants to let the American audience see the latest crazy fad from overseas on his program. To Sullivan’s astonishment, Epstein insists that The Beatles be given top billing. Eventually they work out a deal: The Beatles will be given top billing in return for three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

Back in the UK, The Beatles tape a strange interview for Rediffusion TV. The TV puts the Fab Four in a hire-car and drives them around London asking questions. Due to the space limitations in the car they interview The Beatles in pairs, first George and Ringo, and then John and Paul. The resulting footage is shown as part of the This Week TV show broadcast on November 7th.

In the evening The Beatles resume their Autumn Tour with two performances at the Adelphi Cinema in Slough.

The Beatles start the day at the EMI Abbey Road Studios in London without George. During the morning Ringo ovedubs vocals for I Wanna Be Your Man.

George arrives back from his visit to the US around lunch time and the group moves over to the NEMS Enterprises London offices on Monmouth Street for a radio interview. The interview was for a the BBC spoken word magazine program The Public Ear. This particular show, scheduled to be broadcast on November 3rd, was devoted to The Mersey Beat and also included interviews with Bill Harry (founder of Mersey Beat), Pete Best and Millie Sutcliffe (Stuart’s mother).

After the interview was taped Ringo drove to Southend to see a show featuring The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley and The Rolling Stones.

After almost nine months of continuous touring, TV and radio appearances, as well as recording sessions, the Beatles took a much needed vacation. John flew to Paris with his wife Cynthia, where they were joined by Brian Epstein. George and his brother Peter flew to the USA to visit their sister Louise. Paul and Ringo headed off together for a break in Greece. They would be out of the country until October 2nd.

The Beatles spend the day in Weston-super-Mare with photographer Dezo Hoffman, who takes photos and 8mm movies of The Beatles at their hotel, on the beach dressed in Victorian bathing suits, and go-karting.

In the evening The Beatles perform the last of their six consecutive nights at the town’s Odeon Cinema.

The Beatles perform a long standing commitment at the Plaza Ballroom in Old Hill. Also on the bill were Denny and the Diplomats, featuring Denny Laine, who will eventually be part of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles group Wings.

Paul McCartney’s 21st birthday is celebrated with a party at the house of Paul’s Auntie Gin. in Huyton, Liverpool.

John Lennon, who had become drunk, grew enraged when Bob Wooler hinted that John and Brian Epstein may have had a homosexual affair during their vacation to Spain. Lennon gave Wooler a severe beating. Wooler later sued Lennon over the highly-publicized incident, but he dropped the suit when John apologized and paid him damages of 200 pounds.

Continuing on tour with Roy Orbison, The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Southend-on-Sea.

A review of the previous night’s performance in Manchester appears in The Daily Express newspaper written by Derek Taylor, the Beatles future press officer.

The Beatles perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time. for a live BBC radio broadcast of “Swinging Sound ’63.” The show is divided into two halves, with The Beatles appearing in both halves, but only the second half is broadcast. In the first half, The Beatles perform “Please Please Me” and “Misery.” In the second half, they play “Twist and Shout” and “From Me to You,” taking the producers by surprise, they had rehearsed “Thank You Girl” instead of “Twist and Shout,” but substituted the song unannounced. At the end of the show, The Beatles join the other artists in performing a grand finale version of “Mack the Knife.”

After the show, Paul McCartney meets, for the first time, actress and “teen personality” Jane Asher.

Astrid recently gave a great interview to NPR’s Terry Gross to promote her new book  Yesterday: The Beatles Once Upon a Time. You can download, or listen to, the interview here.