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Title: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: Spiritinthesky on June 12, 2014, 06:47:31 AM
12th June 1964, The Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,000 fans, (the biggest welcome the band would ever receive), who lined the ten mile route from the airport to the city centre. Temporary member Jimmy Nicol was standing in for Ringo on drums who was recovering from having his tonsils removed.

More here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_beatles_down_under (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_beatles_down_under)
Title: Re: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: Bobber on June 12, 2014, 09:22:32 AM
Error. Ringo's tonsils were not removed until I believe December 1964.
Title: Re: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: Moogmodule on June 12, 2014, 09:38:04 AM
Error. Ringo's tonsils were not removed until I believe December 1964.

They grew back
Title: Re: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: nimrod on June 12, 2014, 12:30:34 PM
12th June 1964, The Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,000 fans, (the biggest welcome the band would ever receive), who lined the ten mile route from the airport to the city centre. Temporary member Jimmy Nicol was standing in for Ringo on drums who was recovering from having his tonsils removed.

More here: [url]http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_beatles_down_under[/url] ([url]http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_beatles_down_under[/url])


Hi spirit
I just started a thread recently with this name in the tv shows board, because there was a tv programme on here in Oz the other night, we were talking about it.

BTW its was 300,000 fans (half the then population of Adelaide, it was 9 miles from the airport to the cbd and I think Ringo just had severe Tonsillitis
Title: Re: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: KelMar on June 13, 2014, 02:14:25 AM
Error. Ringo's tonsils were not removed until I believe December 1964.


December 2nd.  :)

Before...

http://youtu.be/og2recq9AVM (http://youtu.be/og2recq9AVM)

and after.
http://youtu.be/Xh1AdfTg2Zs (http://youtu.be/Xh1AdfTg2Zs)

He doesn't look a bit different.
Title: Re: The Beatles Down Under
Post by: Mairi on June 16, 2014, 03:15:58 AM
I hope Jimmy Nichol is doing okay these days. Last I ever heard of him he was quite depressed, said he wished he'd never taken the gig.