1966 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThe-Beatles%2Fe%2FB000APTK6K%3Fqid%3D1289755917%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag=concerts0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Watch more: http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.com/The Beatles staged their third concert tour of America in August 1966, and it was the last commercial tour they ever underwent. Lasting a total of fourteen shows, with thirteen shows in American venues and one in Toronto, it was plagued with backlash regarding the controversy of John Lennon's remarks about Christianity, death threats, and the band's own dissatisfaction with the noise levels and their ability to perform live. Although it was a commercial success, ticket sales had noticeably declined in number. After the tour, they became a studio band and focused exclusively on record production.Despite numerous explanations by Beatles' press agents and Lennon's televised apology, the Memphis city council voted to cancel the August 19 afternoon and evening concerts rather than have "municipal facilities be used as a forum to ridicule anyone's religion." The Ku Klux Klan nailed a Beatles album to a wooden cross, vowing "vengeance", and conservative groups staged further public burnings of Beatles records. Despite the fact that it had originally been canceled, Epstein agreed to proceed with the concert in Memphis. Although no problems took place during the afternoon show, an audience member threw a lit firecracker onstage that did not hit any of the members, but the band believed that somebody had tried to shoot them.When the firecracker went off, the Beatles' press agent Tony Barrow recalled that "everybody, all of us at the side of the stage, including the three Beatles on stage, all looked immediately at John Lennon. We would not at that moment have been surprised to see that guy go down. John had half-heartedly joked about the Memphis concert in an earlier press conference, and when we got there everything seemed to be controlled and calm, but underneath somehow, there was this nasty atmosphere. It was a very tense and pressured kind of day."Lasting between 30 to 40 minutes per show, the typical set list was as follows (with lead singers appropriately noted): 1. "Rock and Roll Music" (John Lennon)2. "She's A Woman (Paul McCartney)3. "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison) - the first (and only) Harrison composition the group performed live4. "Day Tripper" (Lennon and McCartney)5. "Baby's In Black" (Lennon and McCartney)6. "I Feel Fine" (Lennon)7. "Yesterday (McCartney) - performed with all four Beatles, rather than the one guitar-string quartet arrangement by which the song was recorded8. "I Wanna Be Your Man (Ringo Starr)9. "Nowhere Man (Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison)10. "Paperback Writer" (McCartney)11. "Long Tall Sally" (McCartney)