- Tue May 23, 2023 12:18 pm
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If Aaron Banks had bothered to read a book or even Google "The Beatles, Hamburg", he'd have found out that they initially lied and declared they were students and their instruments were just for personal entertainment. They were later caught and deported for working without visas.
With difficulty they did get visas for subsequent visits, but they were a house band, playing in one club, in one city, in one country. Also they took very little equipment with them - one guitar and an amp each and a drum kit - so relatively simple to sort out. Very different to a modern touring band with a van full of instruments, PA, lighting rigs, backline, frontline etc etc needing separate visas for each country visited.