NME POLL WINNERS (Room 305)
NME POLL WINNERS (Room 305)
The NME Poll Winners Show in the sixties was the equivalent to the Musical Oscars or America’s Grammy’s. The New Musical Express was Britain’s top music paper and every year their award shows, based on reader votes, became the centerpiece for a celebration of the UK music industry. Most acts dreamt of just one performance at the Winners Show, which would be the pinnacle of their career. The Beatles appearance at Wembley on May 1st 1966 was to be their fourth and final appearance at the awards. Furthermore, not only was it their last NME show, more importantly it was their last ever public performance in the UK and what a bill it was... Small Faces, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Roy Orbison, and of course… The Beatles. There followed a fierce debate between the respective management of The Beatles and The Stones about who would go on last and top the bill. Bizarrely, each wanted the other to top the bill. This was due to the fact that the TV transmission would not include the last band!! Such a transmission would guarantee huge record sales so Brian was somewhat miffed when the organizers insisted, as The Beatles had been voted the number one band by the readers, they should close the show!!! Their May performance was their very first live gig of the year and generated worldwide attention. The NME review observed, “The screaming seemed to reach the kind of levels that only dogs can hear!”
Muff Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group had come off stage and a limousine was waiting to take them to Heathrow to catch a plane to Germany. Muff refused to move. He’d never seen The Beatles live and for them to be on the same bill as The Stones, he was convinced that he had to see this historic gig. He was glad he did. Little did anybody realise that this was the end for UK audiences as this was to be their final concert on home shores.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
NME POLL WINNERS (Room 305)
The NME Poll Winners Show in the sixties was the equivalent to the Musical Oscars or America’s Grammy’s. The New Musical Express was Britain’s top music paper and every year their award shows, based on reader votes, became the centerpiece for a celebration of the UK music industry. Most acts dreamt of just one performance at the Winners Show, which would be the pinnacle of their career. The Beatles appearance at Wembley on May 1st 1966 was to be their fourth and final appearance at the awards. Furthermore, not only was it their last NME show, more importantly it was their last ever public performance in the UK and what a bill it was... Small Faces, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Roy Orbison, and of course… The Beatles. There followed a fierce debate between the respective management of The Beatles and The Stones about who would go on last and top the bill. Bizarrely, each wanted the other to top the bill. This was due to the fact that the TV transmission would not include the last band!! Such a transmission would guarantee huge record sales so Brian was somewhat miffed when the organizers insisted, as The Beatles had been voted the number one band by the readers, they should close the show!!! Their May performance was their very first live gig of the year and generated worldwide attention. The NME review observed, “The screaming seemed to reach the kind of levels that only dogs can hear!”
Muff Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group had come off stage and a limousine was waiting to take them to Heathrow to catch a plane to Germany. Muff refused to move. He’d never seen The Beatles live and for them to be on the same bill as The Stones, he was convinced that he had to see this historic gig. He was glad he did. Little did anybody realise that this was the end for UK audiences as this was to be their final concert on home shores.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
NME POLL WINNERS (Room 305)
The NME Poll Winners Show in the sixties was the equivalent to the Musical Oscars or America’s Grammy’s. The New Musical Express was Britain’s top music paper and every year their award shows, based on reader votes, became the centerpiece for a celebration of the UK music industry. Most acts dreamt of just one performance at the Winners Show, which would be the pinnacle of their career. The Beatles appearance at Wembley on May 1st 1966 was to be their fourth and final appearance at the awards. Furthermore, not only was it their last NME show, more importantly it was their last ever public performance in the UK and what a bill it was... Small Faces, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Roy Orbison, and of course… The Beatles. There followed a fierce debate between the respective management of The Beatles and The Stones about who would go on last and top the bill. Bizarrely, each wanted the other to top the bill. This was due to the fact that the TV transmission would not include the last band!! Such a transmission would guarantee huge record sales so Brian was somewhat miffed when the organizers insisted, as The Beatles had been voted the number one band by the readers, they should close the show!!! Their May performance was their very first live gig of the year and generated worldwide attention. The NME review observed, “The screaming seemed to reach the kind of levels that only dogs can hear!”
Muff Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group had come off stage and a limousine was waiting to take them to Heathrow to catch a plane to Germany. Muff refused to move. He’d never seen The Beatles live and for them to be on the same bill as The Stones, he was convinced that he had to see this historic gig. He was glad he did. Little did anybody realise that this was the end for UK audiences as this was to be their final concert on home shores.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON