Vintage Beatles In Sweden. Newspaper Section - Approx 16 Pages RARE
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The Beatles made their first visit in Sweden the 23rd of October 1963.
The newspapers in Sweden wrote about the coming tour."Expressen" wrote that a new cult was about to hit Sweden - the new English pop music created by The Beatles and that Beatles was another word for "brutal" in Liverpool. They play humorous pop music with three guitars and a drum and they earn about $ 7000 / week.For worried adults we can tell that the first sign of that there's a Beatle in the house is that the... son is letting the hair grow and spends hours in front of the mirror to get it right."Aftonbladet" wrote: "It must be said that what they call a show with these kind of electrified pop groups usually just contains a few steps back and forward""Eskilstuna-Kuriren" wrote "What more can pop crazy teenagers wish?"
The single "She Loves You", released in Sweden the 21st of August 1963 went up to no. 10 on the Swedish charts October 24, one day after the arrival to Sweden. Beaten by Trini Lopez (no. 1) and Brian Poole & the Tremeloes.The album "Please Please Me" was released in July the 19th 1963 and had sold 1800 copies by the day of The Beatles arrival to Sweden the 23rd of October 1963. Peanuts of what was about to come.
The Beatles got about $ 400 a day + free location, food and travels during these five October days. They made nine concerts.$ 100 to the English booking manager and the rest to Brian Epstein. How much did The Beatles get? I don't know.On their second tour in Sweden, 1964, they did get $ 8 000 for each performance. That's about $ 70 000 in today's value.One of the biggest problems was the huge equipment. They had several loudspeakers!!! Normally a band could hire a big American car, but The Beatles had to hire a wagon too. The two American Fords with The Beatles in one and the equipment in the other took the band out on the Swedish roads.Maybe I can dig up some more facts about the cars.
The newspapers in Sweden wrote about the coming tour."Expressen" wrote that a new cult was about to hit Sweden - the new English pop music created by The Beatles and that Beatles was another word for "brutal" in Liverpool. They play humorous pop music with three guitars and a drum and they earn about $ 7000 / week.For worried adults we can tell that the first sign of that there's a Beatle in the house is that the... son is letting the hair grow and spends hours in front of the mirror to get it right."Aftonbladet" wrote: "It must be said that what they call a show with these kind of electrified pop groups usually just contains a few steps back and forward""Eskilstuna-Kuriren" wrote "What more can pop crazy teenagers wish?"
The single "She Loves You", released in Sweden the 21st of August 1963 went up to no. 10 on the Swedish charts October 24, one day after the arrival to Sweden. Beaten by Trini Lopez (no. 1) and Brian Poole & the Tremeloes.The album "Please Please Me" was released in July the 19th 1963 and had sold 1800 copies by the day of The Beatles arrival to Sweden the 23rd of October 1963. Peanuts of what was about to come.
The Beatles got about $ 400 a day + free location, food and travels during these five October days. They made nine concerts.$ 100 to the English booking manager and the rest to Brian Epstein. How much did The Beatles get? I don't know.On their second tour in Sweden, 1964, they did get $ 8 000 for each performance. That's about $ 70 000 in today's value.One of the biggest problems was the huge equipment. They had several loudspeakers!!! Normally a band could hire a big American car, but The Beatles had to hire a wagon too. The two American Fords with The Beatles in one and the equipment in the other took the band out on the Swedish roads.Maybe I can dig up some more facts about the cars.
