BEATLES NEWS JAN 16 1957, The Cavern Club opened in Liverpool. It became the home of many Liverpool bands including The Beatles who appeared at the club 292 times. 1964, The Beatles played two shows at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, the first of an 18-night engagement. This first show was attended mostly by Paris top society members (all dressed in formal evening attire). The French press had little good to say about The Beatles in the next days papers, but The Beatles didnt care, because theyd just received news that their single I Want to Hold Your Hand had hit No.1 in the US, selling 10,000 copies an hour in New York City alone. 1965, The Beatles played the last of a 16 night run billed as Another Beatles Christmas Show that had started on Jan 1st at The Hammersmith Odeon, London. 1970, Two days after it opened, the Bag One Gallery in London, England was raided by Scotland Yard. The police remove eight John Lennon lithographs under the Obscene Publications Act. 1975 : McCartney and Wings arrive in New Orleans to begin sessions on their Venus and Mars album at Allen Toussaints Sea Saint studios. They would stay through Mardi Gras. 1980, Paul McCartney was jailed for nine days in Tokyo for marijuana possession after being found with 219g on his arrival at Narita Airport in Japan. 1984, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Barbados for drug possession and were each fined $200 (£117). 1988, 24 years after The Beatles first topped the chart, George Harrison went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Got My Mind Set On You an old favorite of Georges that was originally recorded by James Ray in 1962. In the UK, Harrisons version spent four weeks at No.2.
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