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Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will perform in Israel 43 years after government officials banned the Fab Four. His Sept. 25 concert in Tel Aviv’s HaYarkon Park is expected to be one of the largest in Israeli history. The show is part of a world tour by McCartney comprised of more than 100 shows. Earlier this year, […]

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Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will perform in Israel 43 years after government officials banned the Fab Four.

His Sept. 25 concert in Tel Aviv’s HaYarkon Park is expected to be one of the largest in Israeli history.

The show is part of a world tour by McCartney comprised of more than 100 shows.

Earlier this year, Israeli Ambassador to Britain Ron Prosor invited McCartney and Ringo Starr to perform in Israel for the country’s 60th birthday.

In 1965, Israeli government officials denied the Beatles a permit to perform out of fear their music would corrupt the morals of the nation’s youth.

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