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Posted: 7:31 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2008

Beatles Experience 

By Lexie Kaye

 In an interview  John Lennon once said that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now".  Afterwards,  many people affiliated with rural churches in the South and towns across the US started to burn Beatles records in protest. Attempting to make light of the incident, George Harrison said, "They've got to buy them before they can burn them."  Under a lot of pressure from the media, Lennon apologized for his remarks at a press conference in Chicago on August 11, 1966,  the eve of the first performance of what turned out to be their final tour

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You may not have seen The Beatles in concert but their music lives on!  See Abbey Road Live TONIGHT at the Variety Playhouse, 8:30p.  Check it out here www.abbeyroadlive.com

 
 
 

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