Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr haven't seen Beatles documentary
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will view Ron Howard's The Beatles documentary for the first time at its premiere.
The two surviving members of the band joined Ron for a filmed Facebook question and answer session on Wednesday (14Sep16) and revealed they were yet to see The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years.
"I haven't seen it," Paul said in response to a question about his views on the film and Ringo indicated also hadn't viewed the film ahead of its release on Thursday (15Sep16). "We're looking forward to tomorrow night as you can imagine," Paul added, referring to the movie's world premiere in London on Thursday.
The Yesterday singer admitted he was particularly looking forward to seeing new footage recorded by fans of himself, Ringo and late members John Lennon and George Harrison. "We know there's new footage that fans sent in so that's very exciting," he said, before Ringo jumped in to say he was looking forward to hearing remixed audio of the band's live performances. Paul agreed with his bandmate, explaining it would be a unique experience hearing a high quality recording of himself perform live with the band. "In the cinema we're actually going to hear ourselves for the first time," he said. "We couldn't hear ourselves when we were alive there was so much screaming going on."
The group's inability to hear themselves over the screaming of their hysterical fans played a major role in their decision to quit touring in 1966, four years before their eventual split. Despite avoiding the road The Beatles maintained their popularity throughout the late 1960s, releasing some of their most acclaimed work including the albums Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the self titled record known to fans as The White Album.
Source: Xpose
