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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaron Curran

John Lennon and George Harrison had 'fist fight' amid Beatles split

The Beatles' break-up is among the biggest stories in music with a mixture of pressures and problems causing the lads from Liverpool to part ways.

Towards the end of the 1960s, personalities within the Fab Four began to clash, with live shows coming to an end. The pressures of fame, John Lennon's marriage to Yoko Ono and stories of members becoming irritated by Paul McCartney's perfectionism were just some of the reasons for increasing tension.

According to their producer, the late George Martin, tempers came to a head during the recording of The Beatles final album Let It Be.

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