Blog: Listening Post - Wired Blogs

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Break out the beers and bootlegs, and let me tell you a story about The Beatles. On July 4, 1966, the Fab Four were in the Philippines, afraid for their lives. You see, they were there to play a concert. But when manager Brian Epstein declined the band's invitation to a luncheon with Imelda Marcos, it was broadcast as a snub by the fabled shoe obsessive and her nation's media. Just like that, The Beatles' police protection disappeared, and the band was hounded out of the country, [...]