Title: Eight days a week : the Beatles' tour of New Zealand, 1964 /
Authors: Hutchins, Graham.
Publisher: Exisle,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Beatles Travel New Zealand.; Rock musicians Travel.; New Zealand Description and travel.
Abstract: "For a memorable week in June 1964, the Beatles toured New Zealand, giving concerts in the four main centers and changing life as we knew it forever. For teenagers of the time, it was the most exciting week of their lives. Teachers were ignored and parents defied as thousands of young people devised ingenious ways of seeing their idols. For this book, Graham Hutchins has interviewed dozens of people who were directly affected by the visit, from fans who attended the concerts and people who accompanied the Beatles on tour, to contemporary musicians and John Lennon s Kiwi relations. The visit of the Fab Four is remembered through the reminiscences of these eyewitnesses, and through a mass of photographs and memorabilia that illustrate the text. The author also assesses the long-term impact the Beatles made on New Zealand music and on society at large." --Publisher's description.
Contents: It was forty years ago today -- And the band begins to play -- Magical mystery tour: Wellington -- See how they run: Auckland -- Let me take you down: the South Island -- In the town where I was born -- I don't want to spoil the party -- Well she was just seventeen -- I read the news today, oh boy -- Hard day's knights -- Legacy: The long and winding road.