Israel is asking the Beatles to "Let It Be", apologising for cancelling their concert four decades ago and asking surviving members of the legendary band to play at the nation's 60th birthday bash.
Israel plans to deliver letters of apology to the two surviving members of the British group and relatives of the deceased members for cancelling a concert in 1965, an official at Israel's London embassy said.
"We would like to take this opportunity to rectify a historic missed opportunity which unfortunately took place in 1965 when you were invited to Israel," the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot quoted the letter as saying.
"Unfortunately the state of Israel cancelled your performance in the country due to lack of budget and because several politicians in the Knesset had believed at the time that your performance might corrupt the minds of the Israeli youth."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/29/2148334.htm?section=entertainmentI assume Yediot Aharonot is Idiots weekly. Who knows : the Israelis might even have joined civilisation by now if they let the Beatles in all that time ago
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