Beatles News Roundup: Color Film of Fabs' Barcelona Show Surfaces, Paul and Ringo Grasp onto Friendship, More

Unreleased colour footage captures The Beatles’ concert at Barcelona’s La Monumental, sixty years later - University of Barcelona

Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ concert in Barcelona’s Plaça de la Monumental on 3 July 1965, Magí Crusells, professor at the Faculty of Geography and History and director of the Film-History Research Centre at the University of Barcelona, has analysed a previously unseen amateur colour film, unpublished to date, that is the most complete visual record of this historic musical event in Spain. 

The two-and-a-half-minute film was shot in 16 mm by an anonymous spectator who attended the concert from the floor, the most expensive seating area at the time (400 pesetas, at a time when the minimum wage was just over 2,000 pesetas). “The fact that he had access to a camera that filmed in colour and from such a good position indicates that its owner belonged to a very wealthy social class”, Crusells points out. 

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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr 'Grasp Onto' Their Friendship as the Only Living Members of The Beatles - People

“With John and George not here, I think we realize nothing lasts forever,” McCartney, said. “So we grasp onto what we have now because we realize that it’s very special. It’s something hardly anyone else has. In fact, in our case, it’s something no one else has. There’s only me and Ringo, and we’re the only people who can share those memories.”

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