The Beatles 50 World Tour (Alternate Beatles)

The Beatles 50 World Tour was a 2014 worldwide concert tour by The Beatles, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their First US Visit in 1964. It was The Beatles first major tour outing in 48 years, since their last US Tour in 1966; beginning in June 2014 to overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans and critics alike and ending in December 2014 with a final show at the Maracana Stadium.

Promotion
On February 7 2014 it was announced via Twitter that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were seen together at the VIP lounge at London Heathrow Airport, and then boarding a flight to New York. The news were confirmed by the BBC. Hours later, the media around the world focused on the imminent landing of the plane at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, where The Beatles arrived 50 years before that day. After arriving, they were greeted by a crowd of 4,000 Beatles fans and 200 journalists, before performing four songs and announcing a 44-concert world tour on a special Ed Sullivan-esque stage, built only four minutes after the plane landed. The event was broadcasted live on the major TV networks all over the world and seen by 1.5 billion people.

Set List
The set list played at the concerts changed at every destination and included new and old songs, but mostly centred around the same numbers. Altogether 120 different songs were played. The opening song switched between "Revolution", "Get Back" and "Magical Mystery Tour". The first part of the show included uptempo rocking songs from 1966 to 1968, then a short set of songs from 1964 and 1965 before the strings and winds come, to play songs like "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Eleanor Rigby". Then, songs from the latter era and the anthems "Hey Jude" and "A Day In The Life". The first encore are the Early Beatlemania era songs related exclusively to every audience, and the last encore includes songs from Let It Be and Abbey Road, finishing with the "Golden Slumbers" medley.

Guests were announced, including Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Sir Elton John and Eric Clapton at the first show in London. In Glasgow, the band was joined by Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl. For the New Jersey show, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Billy Joel and Bob Dylan appeared. The guests for the Toronto show were Neil Young, Eddie Vedder and Win Butler from Arcade Fire. John Fogerty and members of the Grateful Dead performed at the San Francisco show, while Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder were the guests at the final concert of the North American leg in Los Angeles.

The Set List for the first show at the London Olympic Stadium, England, on 20 June was the following:
 * 1) Revolution
 * 2) Paperback Writer
 * 3) And Your Bird Can Sing
 * 4) Taxman
 * 5) Got To Get You Into My Life
 * 6) Helter Skelter
 * 7) Back in the U.S.S.R.
 * 8) You Can't Do That
 * 9) Can’t Buy Me Love
 * 10) A Hard Day’s Night
 * 11) I Want To Hold Your Hand
 * 12) Help!
 * 13) Strawberry Fields Forever
 * 14) I Am the Walrus
 * 15) Only a Northern Song
 * 16) Get Back (with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood)
 * 17) While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Eric Clapton and Elton John)
 * 18) A Day In The Life
 * 19) Hey Jude
 * 20) All You Need Is Love

Encore
 * 1) Please Please Me
 * 2) From Me to You
 * 3) Twist and Shout
 * 4) Long Tall Sally

Encore II


 * 1) Across The Universe
 * 2) Let It Be
 * 3) Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End

Tour dates
List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue.

The Beatles

 * John Lennon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, piano, ukulele
 * Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, ukulele
 * George Harrison – vocals, rhythm, lead and slide guitars, acoustic guitar, ukulele
 * Ringo Starr – vocals, drums, percussion

Additional musicians

 * Peter Frampton – backing vocals, guitars
 * Jeff Lynne – backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
 * Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, piano
 * Jim Keltner – drums, percussion

The Hot City Horns

 * Kenji Fenton – saxophone, percussion
 * Mike Davis – trumpet, percussion
 * Paul Burton – trombone, percussion

The Demon Strings

 * Isabelle Dunn – cello
 * Stella Page – viola
 * Kotono Sato – violin
 * Antonia Pagulatos – violin