Thrilla in Manila

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A pictorial journey.
1966

One of the largest crowd, or even the largest crowd, The Beatles played for!

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One of the largest crowd, or even the largest crowd, The Beatles played for!

About forty years ago, The Beatles landed in the Philippines from Tokyo for a two-concert stop.

But what was anticipated to be The Beatles' second biggest concert ever became a dark spot in the group's history

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But what was anticipated to be The Beatles' second biggest concert ever became a dark spot in the group's history.

Just exactly what happened on those fateful days remain confusing to many.

Was it simply a case of miscommunication, lack of communication, false assumptions, opportunism? Whatever, the Philippine experience became one of the last nails on The Beatles' touring coffin as Neil Aspi­nall, a very close Beatle associate, put it

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Was it simply a case of miscommunication, lack of communication, false assumptions, opportunism? Whatever, the Philippine experience became one of the last nails on The Beatles' touring coffin as Neil Aspi­nall, a very close Beatle associate, put it.

Was it simply a case of miscommunication, lack of communication, false assumptions, opportunism? Whatever, the Philippine experience became one of the last nails on The Beatles' touring coffin as Neil Aspi­nall, a very close Beatle associate, put it

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