Davies, Ivor

In the summer of 1964, The Beatles embarked on a record-breaking pandemonium-inducing tour of America and Canada. Ivor Davis’  book, The Beatles and Me On Tour, presents an insider’s chronicle of that tour and a peek into a beloved era with the world’s most famous band. Davis, who was then a young reporter for the London Daily Express, travelled with The Beatles as the only British writer on the entire tour.

Through 34 days and 24 cities, Davis travelled with The Beatles, watching them make rock and roll history. He enjoyed unrestricted access to the Fab Four – from their hotel suites to backstage concert areas to their private jet. He fended off excited girls, played all night games of Monopoly with John Lennon, became the ghost-writer of a newspaper column for George Harrison and witnessed the night Bob Dylan turned The Beatles onto marijuana.

We are delighted that Ivor will be joining us on Convention Day to talk about his time with the boys – 60 years later!