Why did the beatles give up performing live?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There were many reasons that The Beatles stopped performing live in front of an audience. "Beatlemania" had taken its toll on the group, as George Harrison once commented "it was like being in the eye of the hurricane". Spectators screaming & cheering turned into fans charging the stage.Comming and going to concerts became progressively more dangerous to the group as fans would rip anything they could get their hands on (including hair) from their idols. Performing had become dangerous and the boys knew it.

Death threats, as early as 1964 (at the Red Rocks Amphetheater), were starting to be more than threats. The KKK threatened the group during their trip through the bible belt in 1966 and someone threw a cherry bomb onstage at the Memphis show (all 4 members of the group thought 1 of the other 3 had been shot). Radical disc jockey's in some of the southern states formed record/memorabila burnings after John Lennon stated in an interview with Marion Clive that the Beatles were more popular then Jesus. The group had been manhandled and kicked by police and fans after a concert in Manilla.

Another concern the group often quoted was the musicianship. With the crowd screaming, the members couldn't hear themselves play. Their ability to perform was suffering because of it. The Beatles were about their music, not just a spectacule to be witness by adoring fans.Lastly, The Beatles became workhorses since the onset of their fame, seldomly getting a day off. Without live performance, they could spend more time on individual domestic needs.

Answer 3

There was a range of reasons within the band, all of them got fed up with the travel and hotels. They had hostile receptions in parts of the USA after a remark by Lennon about Jesus was misinterpreted. They also feared for their lives in Manilla. Harrison said that wherever they went there seemed to be something bad going on and they arrived with their Beatlemania. Paul and Ringo both said the touring was making them worse musicians. The last straw was them being smuggled out of an arena in a steel removal van.