# Canonical recap data for Beatles Break Up (1970)
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slug: beatles-breakup
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1970/beatles-breakup"
title: Beatles Break Up
subtitle: The Fab Four's official dissolution marked the end of the most influential band in popular music and symbolized the close of the 1960s era.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1970-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1970
decade: 1970
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 to 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their disbandment is attributed to numerous factors, including the strain of the Beatlemania phenomenon, the 1967 death of their manager Brian Epstein
summaryLong: The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 to 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their disbandment is attributed to numerous factors, including the strain of the Beatlemania phenomenon, the 1967 death of their manager Brian Epstein, bandmates' discontent with McCartney's leadership of the band, Lennon's heroin use and his relationship with Yoko Ono, Harrison's increasingly prolific songwriting, the floundering of Apple Corps, the Get Back project, and managerial disputes.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Break-up of the Beatles"
importance: 83
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles"
  title: Beatles break up
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 to 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Rin
wikidataQid: Q3139144
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Beatles break up
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles"
