The Beatles in Manila

On July 4th, 1966, the Beatles had one of the most disastrous gigs of their career In the Philippines. They were coming off three days of shows at the legendary Budokan in Tokyo. President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos expected - no, demanded the boys appear at their palace in Manila prior to the concert. However, nobody told the Fabs about it. The mixup caused a nightmare after the show when they tried to leave the country, as they had no police protection and were kicked and punched and then detained as they had to haul their own equipment through the airport terminal. This was pretty much the last straw insofar as ever playing live again, after finishing a scheduled American tour commencing in August.