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Newsweek made reference to Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" comments in an issue published in March, [22] and the interview had appeared in Detroit magazine in May. [23] On 3 July, Cleave's four Beatles interviews were published together in a five-page article in The New York Times Magazine, titled "Old Beatles – A Study in Paradox". [24]
In August 1966, on the eve of The Beatles' 1966 US tour, American teen magazine Datebook published Lennon's remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus". Lennon had, in fact, originally made the remark to the British newspaper London Evening Standard and when it was first published in the United Kingdom, in March 1966, his words ...
Cleave's interview with Lennon quoted him as saying that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now". [13] Five months later, on the eve of a 14-city US tour, an American magazine reproduced the remark, which led to a wave of anti-Beatle sentiment in many parts of the US, especially the South and Midwest. [14] [13]
Bigger Than Jesus: The Diary of a Rock and Roll Fan, Rick Emerson's one-man stage show, directed Joni DeRouchie; Bigger than Jesus, a play by Rick Miller (comedian); 1 Leicester Square introduced Russell Brand as being "bigger than Jesus" in reference to the misquoted claim by John Lennon
Paul McCartney is setting the facts straight when it comes to the most scandalous rumors about The Beatles.
In 1966, John Lennon controversially remarked that the group had become "more popular than Jesus". Soon afterwards, when the Beatles toured Japan, the Philippines and the US, they were entangled in mob revolt, violence, political backlash and threats of assassination. Frustrated by the restrictions of Beatlemania and unable to hear themselves ...
Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process. After reducing his jaw ...
A year later, Lennon controversially remarked that the band were "more popular than Jesus now". The Beatles often incorporated classical elements, traditional pop forms and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, especially with the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Many ...