A Day in the Life a recent "Life" magazine interview, that he had taken LSD. Described by MacDonald as a "careless admission", it led to condemnation of McCartney in the British press, recalling the outcry caused by the publication of Lennon's "More popular than Jesus" remark in the US in 1966. The BBC ban on the song was eventually lifted on 13 March 1972. Recalling the release of "Sgt. Pepper" in his 1977 book "The Beatles Forever", Nicholas Schaffner wrote that "Nothing quite like 'A Day In The Life' had been attempted before in so-called popular music" in terms of the song's "use of dynamics
An Evening with Lucian Freud the Evening Standard announced that filming for the video cameos took place on 11 May. The play ran at the Leicester Square Theatre. The opening night was 19 May and the play ended on 6 June. The play received a lot of press attention with Quentin Letts remarking in the Daily Mail that there was “a full house packed…. and Fleet Street drama critics in the front row” on the play’s Press Night. Prior to Press Night there had been a lot of press interest due to the casting of Cressida Bonas in her first major theatrical role. Details of