Fifty years ago, give or take a day or two, performers representing 19 countries from around the world appeared on Our World, the first ever international television production broadcast by satellite. An estimated 400 million viewers watched the two-and-a-half hour program, which featured talent including Pablo Picasso and Maria Callas and was closed out by a performance of “All You Need Is Love” by The Beatles. It turned out to be The Beatles last live TV performance ever.
The photographer David Magnus, a friend of and regular collaborator with the band, was on hand to take pictures of the historic gig, prints of which are now in an Exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Galleries in N.Y. and L.A. from June 2nd – June 11th. Most of these have never been shown before, and the really good thing is that all the prints are on sale too
P.S. and here is a snippet of that actual performance all those years ago
Labels: 2017, culture, exhibition, photographs, The Beatles
