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'''The Beatles: Get Back Tour''' was the fourth concert tour by English rock band [[The Beatles]]. It was in support of their twelfth studio album ''[[Get Back (The Beatles album)|Get Back]]'' released on August 22, 1969. It was their first worldwide tour, with legs in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. It grossed over $450,257,491 adjusted for inflation, making it the [[List of highest-grossing concert tours|eighth highest-grossing tour in history]].
'''The Beatles: Get Back Tour''' was the fourth concert tour by English rock band [[The Beatles]]. It was in support of their twelfth studio album ''[[Get Back (The Beatles album)|Get Back]]'' released on 22 August 1969. It was their first worldwide tour, with legs in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. It started at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London on 8 November 1969 and ended in the [[Budokan]] in Tokyo on 8 August 1970. It grossed over $450,257,491 adjusted for inflation, making it the [[List of highest-grossing concert tours|eighth highest-grossing tour in history]].
==Background==
Following the rooftop concert on 30 January 1969, the Beatles began planning their comeback worldwide tour for late 1969 into 1970. The tour would start shortly after the release of their twelfth studio album ''Get Back'', for which the tour was named after. The tour would be the first concert tour for the Beatles since their [[The Beatles' 1966 US tour|1966 tour of the United States]]. The tour would be the first tour by the Beatles to use backing tracks for songs such as [[Within You Without You]] which were originally not intended to be performed live.
==Set list==
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#"[[Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]"
#"[[With a Little Help From My Friends]]"
#"[[Paperback Writer]]"
#"[[She Loves You]]
#"[[I Saw Her Standing There]]"
#"[[Helter Skelter (song)|Helter Skelter]]"
#"[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]"
#"[[All Things Must Pass (song)|All Things Must Pass]]"
#"[[It's All Too Much]]"
#"[[Rain (Beatles song)|Rain]]"
#"[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]"
#"[[Eleanor Rigby]]"
#"[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]"
#"[[The Long and Winding Road]]"
#"[[Get Back (song)|Get Back]]"
#"[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]"
#"[[Let It Be (Beatles song)|Let It Be]]"
;Encore
#<li value="18">"[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]"</li>
#<li value="19">"[[Revolution (song)|Revolution]]"</li>
#<li value="20">"[[Hey Jude]]"</li>
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==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 14:14, 12 April 2022

The Beatles: Get Back Tour
Tour by The Beatles
Associated albumGet Back
Start dateNovember 8, 1969 (1969-11-08)
End dateAugust 1, 1970 (1970-08-01)
Legs6
No. of shows126
The Beatles concert chronology

The Beatles: Get Back Tour was the fourth concert tour by English rock band The Beatles. It was in support of their twelfth studio album Get Back released on 22 August 1969. It was their first worldwide tour, with legs in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. It started at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 November 1969 and ended in the Budokan in Tokyo on 8 August 1970. It grossed over $450,257,491 adjusted for inflation, making it the eighth highest-grossing tour in history.

Background

Following the rooftop concert on 30 January 1969, the Beatles began planning their comeback worldwide tour for late 1969 into 1970. The tour would start shortly after the release of their twelfth studio album Get Back, for which the tour was named after. The tour would be the first concert tour for the Beatles since their 1966 tour of the United States. The tour would be the first tour by the Beatles to use backing tracks for songs such as Within You Without You which were originally not intended to be performed live.

Set list


References