The Beatles' 1966 US tour tour, the band returned to Shea Stadium in New York, where they performed to an audience of 45,000, compared with the 56,000 world record attendance they had achieved the previous year. After the 1966 tour, they would become a studio band and focused exclusively on record production. In March 1966, Maureen Cleave interviewed John Lennon and the rest of the Beatles as part of a "London Evening Standard" series on the theme "How Does a Beatle Live?" During the Lennon interview at Kenwood, Cleave noted Lennon's interest in Christianity and religions, to which he replied: Although the article went largely
Evening Standard Theatre Awards Evening Standard Theatre Awards The "Evening Standard" Theatre Awards, established in 1955 , are the oldest theatrical awards ceremony in the United Kingdom . They are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the "Evening Standard" newspaper, they are announced in late November or early December. The trophies take the form of a strongly modelled statuette, a somewhat Grecian figure representing Drama, designed by Frank Dobson RA, a former Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. Three of the awards are given in the names of former Evening Standard notables: In 2009 The Special Award