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The Beatles 1965 European Tour
Tour by The Beatles
Locations Europe
Start date June 20, 1965
End date July 3, 1965
Legs 1
Shows 8
The Beatles tour chronology
1964 UK Tour
1965 European Tour
1965 USA Tour

Contents

Set list

The typical set list for the shows was as follows (with lead singers noted):[1]

  1. "Twist and Shout" (excerpt) (John Lennon)
  2. "She's a Woman" (Paul McCartney)
  3. "I'm A Loser" (John Lennon)
  4. "Can't Buy Me Love" (Paul McCartney)
  5. "Baby's in Black" (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
  6. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (Ringo Starr)
  7. "A Hard Day's Night" (John Lennon, with Paul McCartney)
  8. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (George Harrison)
  9. "Rock and Roll Music" (John Lennon)
  10. "I Feel Fine" (John Lennon)
  11. "Ticket to Ride" (John Lennon)
  12. "Long Tall Sally" (Paul McCartney)

Tour dates

Instruments & Equipment

Instruments The Beatles had on the tour, shown here for each member of the group.

John

  • 1964 Rickenbacker 325 solidbody electric guitar
  • 1964 Gibson J-160E acoustic/electric guitar (used for "I Feel Fine" and as a backup)
  • Vox Continental electric organ

Paul

  • 1963 Hofner Violin hollowbody bass
  • 1961 Hofner Violin hollowbody bass (used as a backup)

George

  • 1964 Gretsch Tennessean hollowbody electric guitar
  • 1964 Rickenbacker 360-12 thinline electric guitar (used for "A Hard Day's Night")
  • 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman hollowbody electric guitar (used as a backup)

Ringo

  • Ludwig 22-inch-bass 4-piece drum kit
  • Number 5 drop-T logo bass drum head

References

  1. ^ Mark Lewison, The Complete Beatles Choronicle, 1992, p. 196







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