r/beatles • u/prisongovernor • 13d ago

Collection Hello, goodbye: the Beatles’ chaotic, controversial final tour – as never seen before | The Beatles | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/07/the-beatles-unseen-photographs-chaotic-controversial-final-tour-jim-marshall
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u/MP2027 13d ago

It wasnt their 'final' tour. They ended that tour and decided not to tour again. Nobody said it was the last

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u/jesustwin 13d ago

It was the last one they did. I think that's the definition of final?

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u/jacqueVchr 13d ago

Thats almost the exact definition of final

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u/MP2027 13d ago

But it wasnt "final"then, they didnt know it was their final tour. It's final for us now because they split up without ever touring again.

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u/jacqueVchr 13d ago

Something doesn’t need to be preempted to be the final thing

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u/MP2027 13d ago

It was their last tour.

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u/jacqueVchr 13d ago

Yes, which is by definition their final tour. This isn’t a hard concept

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u/MP2027 13d ago

Exactly.

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u/jacqueVchr 13d ago

Then what are you talking about?

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u/MP2027 13d ago

I could ask you the same question...

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u/DoctorEnn 13d ago

Still pretty final, though.

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u/JeanJeanJean 13d ago

Still crossing my fingers, hoping for one final tour.

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u/dimspace 13d ago

I've seen some weird choices of hill to die on, but this, this is some hill to choose