Is has been thirty years since the untimely demise of the beloved John Lennon. A dramatic and sudden ending point to his legendary rock band, The Beatles, that paved the roads of Rock'n'Roll glory in the 60's and the 70's by breaking through the top Pop Charts with hit after hit and even clogging up the Top Ten Billboards at one point with five hits on the same Top Ten Chart. So, what people have been wondering forever and for a day is why The Beatles never had a reunion tour? The answer is complicated.
Ringo Starr has been busy ever since, touring with his own band (Ringo Starr) and has had no want nor urge to go back to The Beatles, instead choosing to try and pen a greater hit than "Yellow Submarine". Similarly, Paul McCartney chose to start his own band in the 80's, dubbed "Wings" and has served up several dishes of great full-length albums that have really shined in the face of modernized Rock'n'Roll. But unfortunately neither of the surviving members of The Beatles have never been apt to doing a reunion tour, even though John Lennon's son, Julian Lennon, was ready to take the place of his late father, and indeed did look like him, sing like him and act like him—but still, the band never agreed upon a reunion tour.
There are several theories behind The Beatles never having a reunion tour. One of them is that Yoko had her paws dug deep in the intellectual properties of The Beatles, controlling most of the rights to their music—inherited by the passing of her late husband. Another theory was that Ringo Starr and George Harrison were too busy doing their own thing and were sick and tired of people only seeing them as "Former" Beatles, and not the latter. If you think about it, this one makes sense. You spent your whole life walking in John Lennon's shadow and then twenty years later you still could not break free from it, and not only that, people only want to hear your past music, not the music you are currently creating. This could easily lead many people to disregard any shot of a reunion tour—especially considering that they did not need the money.
Rumors have it that George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were all offered about 500-million dollars in the mid-90's to go back on a reunion tour—courtesy of an anonymous major record label. According to this rumor they all passed on the offer anyways, stating that no amount of money would ever bring The Beatles back. Why the former members of The Beatles never choose to do a reunion tour will never be really known. But one thing remains true, The Beatles and Beatle Mania will never cease to be, and thank goodness for that! Even thirty-five years later they are still selling platinum records, and I expect that trend to continue for at least another thirty years!
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