The Beatles in Hamburg later Kirchherr met the Beatles at the Hamburg airport and told them Sutcliffe had died of a brain haemorrhage. In 1966, Voormann was asked by Lennon to design the sleeve for the Beatles' album "Revolver", and also played bass on solo recordings by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr. In 1995, Voormann designed the artwork for the three-volume CD sets in The Beatles Anthology series. In 1999, Kirchherr published a book called "Hamburg Days" (a two-volume limited edition) containing a set of photographs by Kirchherr and "memory drawings" by Voormann of the Beatles time in Hamburg. The Beatles returned to Hamburg
The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines The English rock group the Beatles toured Germany, Japan and the Philippines between 24 June and 4 July 1966. The thirteen concerts comprised the first stage of a world tour that ended with the band's final tour of the United States, in August 1966. The shows in what was then West Germany represented a return to the country where the Beatles had developed as a group before achieving fame in 1963. The return flight from the Philippines to England included a stopover in Delhi in India. There, the Beatles indulged