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Having given up touring in 1966, the trip to India was the last time all four Beatles travelled together. [275] Their self-exploration through meditation and before that, LSD, led to each of them adopting a more individual focus, at the expense of band unity, through to the group's break-up in 1970. [8]
The Beatles and India includes input and recollections from 1960s Indian pop musicians. It also explores news reports from 1968 in which communist and socialist Indian politicians claimed that the Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh was a camp run by the CIA. The film reveals that the KGB dispatched its agent Yuri Bezmenov to investigate the ashram.
The Beatles' 1968 visit to Rishikesh resulted in a surge of interest in Indian culture and spirituality among Western youth, [90] [91] but it also marked the end of the band's overtly Indian phase. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] From June that year, Harrison abandoned his efforts to master the sitar and returned to the guitar as his principal instrument.
The Beatles' decision to study Transcendental Meditation in India brought international renown to the ashram [24] [25] and to Rishikesh. [26] The band and their entourage travelled there in two separate groups. [27]
1968 May 28 S The Beatles begin a two day recording session, the so-called Kinfauns demos, at George Harrison's house in preparation for their next album. [79] UK 1968 May 30 S The Beatles start recording sessions for their self-titled double album, also known as the "White Album", [69] and the "Hey Jude" / "Revolution" single. [80]
The Beatles landed at JFK Airport on February 7, 1964, greeted by 3,000 of the fans that had sent “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the top of the Hot 100, and America’s love affair with the Fab ...
The Beatles flew to India in February 1968, to visit the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram (after first meeting him on 24 August 1967, at the London Hilton hotel). [3] Evans arrived in India a few days earlier to inspect the ashram, but as soon as Starr got off the plane, he demanded that Evans find a doctor, as his inoculation shots were causing ...
The Beatles' Ed Sullivan Show appearance was 50 years ago Sunday. But visits to Abbey Road remain the top Beatles travel destination.