Geezer Butler Recalls Seeing the Beatles in 1965

On December 9, 1965, I saw the gig of a lifetime:  the Beatles at the
Birmingham Odeon.  Hundreds of kids queued overnight to secure a spot in
the audience, and many of them were left disappointed.  The police had
to put barricades up, to stop them from storming the place.  Luckily for
me, the daughter of the Odeon's manager, Beverley, fancied me and gave
me a complementary ticket.  It's one of the rarest tickets in pop music
history, because they never toured the UK again.
     Of course, it was impossible to hear them, what with all the
screaming going on, but to be in their presence was enough for me.  They
were done and dusted in thirty minutes, but that night will forever be
etched in my brain.  I mean, look at the songs they played:  "I Feel
Fine," "She's a Woman," "If I Needed Someone," "Nowhere Man," "Help,"
"We Can Work It Out," "Yesterday," "Day Tripper."  No wonder everyone,
including the blokes, was going hysterical.
-- from Geezer Butler's autobiography, Into the Void