Последнее североамериканское турне Битлз. 12 - 29 августа 1966

С кливлендского концерта фотографий, к сожалению, не много.

Фанаты прорвались на сцену.

Без вмешательства полиции не обошлось.

"One of the wildest shows took place at the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland - where the crowd broke loose, crashed through a four-foot security fence and invaded the field during Day Tripper. Hopelessly outnumbered and overwhelmed, the local police simply gave up and stood back while hordes of fans took control of the stage and the 'secure' grassy area around it. The boys rushed off to their makeshift dressing room - a caravan/trailer parked behind the stage - and the concert was stopped for 30 minutes while private guards and police reinforcements restored order. At the end of that show roadie Mal Evans had to stop fans from stealing the boys' instruments from the stage as souvenirs".
Тони Барроу
«John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me»

После концерта Битлз остались в Кливленде и на следующий день вылетели в Вашингтон, округ Колумбия.
Cleveland Stadium, также известный, как Lakefront Stadium и Cleveland Municipal Stadium, обычно использовался для проведения матчей по бейсболу и американскому футболу. Этот стадион был разрушен в 1995, и на его месте был построен Cleveland Browns Stadium.
(на фото Битлз покидают Кливленд)

Live: DC Stadium, Washington, DC
8.00pm, понедельник 15 августа 1966
Четвертым городом, в котором Битлз дали концерт, стал Вашингтон, округ Колумбия. Группа выступила один раз на DC Stadium перед 32,164 зрителями.
(на фото прибытие в Вашингтон)

Пресс-конференция:
(as the press conference opens, John is asked about reports that his 'Jesus statement' was purposely timed to stir up controversy and publicity just before their tour.)
JOHN: "Well, that is the... one of the most stupid versions of it. 'Cuz that, I mean... That's not a publicity stunt. We don't need that publicity. Not like that."
TONY BARROW: "Can I add to that, that article was originally published in England last March, so it was nothing to do with, you know, pre-tour."
Q: "The story from the Vatican claimed that the official Vatican newspaper defended your statement. Have you seen this?"
JOHN: "I've seen... uhh... I've seen similar versions of what you're talking about in the paper."

Q: "Do you feel better about the whole thing?"
JOHN: "Well, if it makes other people feel better, it'll make me feel better."
Q: "Do you feel like the whole thing has been over nothing?"
JOHN: "It's not over nothing now, because it IS something. But there weren't as many people upset as I was led to believe, and not so seriously upset."

Q: "Do you figure that this is one of the reasons you haven't been drawing as well on this trip as you..."
JOHN: "Nothing to do with it."
Q: "Pardon?"
JOHN: "I don't think it's anything to do with it. I don't think that we're drawing any less than we expected, whether THIS had started or not. Not really."
PAUL: "The numbers of people 'recepting,' or whatever the word is, is bigger, so I hear."
JOHN: "Who knows."
PAUL: "Yeah."
JOHN: "Who. Who."
PAUL: "Well, Brian knows."
GEORGE: "We're playing for more people on this trip than we have on the last two."

Перед концертом пять членов принс-джорджесской ложи Ку-клукс-клана, одетые в красные, белые и зеленые балахоны, под предводительством великого волхва мэрилендского клана устроили шествие перед стадионом в знак протеста против высказывания Джона Леннона о Христе.