Beatle Fans Mark 50th Anniversary Of Final Concert

August 29th marks the fiftieth anniversary of the final live concert appearance of the Beatles as a band.

The Fab Four played Candlestick Park in San Francisco August 29, 1966, marking the end of a grueling period of touring that included a disastrous stop in the Philippines (they were virtually run out of the country after accidentally snubbing First Lady Imelda Marcos) and death threats following John Lennon's controversial remarks comparing the band's popularity with that of Jesus (Lennon was forced to issue a retraction).

Following the tour, the Beatles would retreat to the studio to record Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, considered by many fans and critics the band's crowning achievement.

The band would appear together in public informally one last time in an impromptu jam session atop Abbey Road Studios in 1969. The session appears in the movie Let It Be.

The Beatles' touring years are the subject of a forthcoming movie directed by Ron Howard. Read more about the fateful tour in Rolling Stone here.