Thursday, 16 January, 1964
The Beatles start a 18 day run at the Olympia Theatre on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. They are part of a nine act bill, and although they closed the show each night they were never officially declared as the headline act.
The Beatles set consisted of From Me To You, Roll Over Beethoven, She Loves You, This Boy, Boys, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Twist & Shout, and Long Tall Sally.
Wednesday, 15 January, 1964
Ringo flies to Paris from London and joins the rest of the group for a warm up show at the Cinema Cyrano in the Parisian suburb of Versailles.
The video below contains some footage of The Beatles on the streets of Paris on this day.
Tuesday, 14 January, 1964
John, Paul and George fly from London to Paris in prepeartion for their upcoming season at the Olympia Theatre.
Sunday, 14 January, 1964
The Beatles return to the London Palladium for their second appearance on the top rated TV show “Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium.” The show was broadcast live between 8:25 and 9:25pm with the Fab Four topping the bill. They performed a five song set, I Want To Hold Your Hand, This Boy, All My Loving, Money, and Twist & Shout, along with a comedy sketch with compere Bruce Forsythe (seen with the boys in the photo below.)
Saturday, 11 January, 1964
The Beatles perform the last houses of “The Beatles Christmas Show,” closing out their 16 night run at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park.
Friday, 10 January, 1964
The Beatles played their penultimate night at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park with two more performances of The Beatles Christmas Show.
Thursday, 9 January, 1964
Another two performances of “The Beatles Christmas Show” before a sold out crowd at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park.
Wednesday, 8th January, 1964
The Beatles performed another two “Christmas Show“s at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park.
Tuesday, 7 January, 1964
During the afternoon The Beatles recorded an appearance on the BBC radio show Saturday Club. The recording took place at the BBC studios in the Playhouse Theater in London and would be broadcast on the 15th February.
After the taping The Beatles headed back to the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park for two more performances of The Beatles Christmas Show.
Monday, 6th January, 1964
The Beatles give two performances of The Beatles Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park.
Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
