A Collection of Beatles Oldies were to sever ties with their longtime manager, Brian Epstein, and instead be represented by Allen Klein. Fans of the band were disappointed by the announcement that, in a break from the tradition established in 1963, the Beatles were not playing any UK shows over the Christmas period. On 10 November, four days after 200 fans had demonstrated outside Epstein's home in central London, newspapers reported that there would be no further concert tours by the Beatles. Although Epstein voiced support for the Beatles' continuing evolution as artists, highlighting the advances they had made with their August 1966 album "Revolver",
The Beatles (album) is what The Beatles are on about. Created by, creating for, their age."<ref name="MacDonald/WhiteRiot"></ref> Although he dismissed "Revolution 9" as a "pretentious" example of "idiot immaturity", the "NME"s Alan Smith declared "God Bless You, Beatles!" to the majority of the album. Jann Wenner of "Rolling Stone" called it "the history and synthesis of Western music", and the group's best album yet. Wenner contended that they were allowed to appropriate other styles and traditions into rock music because their ability and identity were "so strong that they make it uniquely theirs, and uniquely the Beatles. They are so good that they