{"id":464932,"date":"2026-06-07T04:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/464932\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:43:28","slug":"global-beatles-day-to-feature-colorized-all-you-need-is-love-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/464932\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Beatles Day To Feature Colorized &#8216;All You Need Is Love&#8217; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNearly sixty years ago, all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-beatles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beatles<\/a> needed was some help from their friends for a run-through of their then-new song \u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d on the \u201cOur World\u201d global satellite broadcast. The first live multisatellite production, which reached more than 400 million people around the planet, ended with the Beatles performing the uplifting song along with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Who dummer Keith Moon and Graham Nash.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-beatles\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-beatles-dbn-344x344.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe special moment will be officially commemorated on June 25 as part of the long-running fan-led initiative \u2014\u00a0backed by the group\u2019s label, Apple Corps. Ltd. \u2014\u00a0to celebrate the song\u2019s message by officially dubbing it \u201cGlobal Beatles Day.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe idea to celebrate the band with a special day was hatched by lifelong fan Faith Cohen in 2009, turning into an unofficial vehicle for fans around the world to honor the band every year. In the years since, the commemoration has included tribute concerts, sing-alongs and fan gatherings from New York to Tokyo, Buenos Aires and the Fab Four\u2019s hometown of Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith more details to be revealed soon, an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatles.com\/global-beatles-day-celebrate-25th-june\">announcement from the group<\/a> revealed that along with online and in-person events around the world celebrating John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the Beatles will release a colorized version of their BBC Our World performance of \u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d free on YouTube. It will be the first time the performance will be available online, with fans able to weigh in and share their reactions in a live chat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWriting to superfan Cohen this week, Apple Corps CEO Tom Greene said, \u201cMore than ever, the message of The Beatles, and of \u2018All You Need Is Love\u2019 speaks to something vital for community, connection, and the power of bringing people together. That is what makes Global Beatles Day so special. It asks nothing more than for people, wherever they are, to stop, listen, and share a little joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly sixty years ago, all the Beatles needed was some help from their friends for a run-through of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,3295,157,3296,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-464932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-music","tag-music-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}