The Beatles-Live in Madrid, Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, 02.07.1965

No, no fue ese precisamente el sombrero que Lennon lució en Las Ventas, fue uno algo más "Typical Spanish".....

The Beatles performed just once concert in Madrid in Spain. It took place at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, the city's bullring, where Brian Epstein had watched a bullfight on the previous day.

The concert began at 8.30pm. By this point in the tour The Beatles had become concerned at the level of violence they'd seen police use against the fans.

 "The thing I remember about Madrid, where we played another bullring, was that the police were so violent. It was the first time I'd really seen police beating kids up.

I went to a bullfight there, and it was the saddest thing I ever saw. It was really sorrowful to see the bull just getting weakened and weakened. And then, when they finally kill the bugger, they wrap a chain round its leg and bring in a couple of cart-horses and drag the corpse away. I always thought it was such a miserable end. That's the only bullfight I ever went to, and I've never been interested in seeing one again".

- Ringo Starr

Back in May of this year Spanish music site Efe Eme reported that a recording of The Beatles' concert in Madrid, Spain from July 2nd 1965 at Plaza de toros Las Ventas is to be officially released only in Spain to celebrate the concert's 50th anniversary to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the show. The Beatles: Concierto en Madrid will be a limited edition 220 gram vinyl album on Cocodrilo Records, also containing the contents of the album on an accompanying cd. Included will also be a book containing 50 photographs of the Beatles in concert and in their hotel, by the photographer Francisco Barahona. They also reported that the concert would be accessible online for free. The concert was officially recorded with Brian Epstein's permission (a signed contract still exists) on a Grundig reel-to-reel on 2 channels with four AKG microphones, and mixed live. -Original

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01 Twist And Shout
02 She’s A Woman
03 I’m A Loser 
04 Can’t Buy Me Love
05 Baby’s In Black
06 I Wanna Be Your Man
07 A Hard Day’s Night
08 Everybody’s Tryin’ To Be My Baby
09 Rock And Roll Music
10 I Feel Fine
11 Ticket To Ride
12 Long Tall Sally
Bonus tracks:
13 Leave My Kitten Alone (False Start - Bonus)
14 Ticket To Ride  (Take 2-Bonus)
15 What You're Doing (Take 11-Bonus)
16 12-Bar Original  (Take 1 & 2 - Bonus)