Beatles ’80 pt1
from Yesterday and Today
It's 1980, and just twelve days into the new year (and the new decade) Paul McCartney and Wings touched down at Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to the Japanese leg of their latest world tour. The high from their electric live set at the Concert for Kampuchea hung in the air as the band braced themselves for another roaring triumph...but a fateful stop through customs upon their arrival would forever alter the trajectory of all involved. Nearly half a pound of Marijuana was extracted from the McCartneys' suitcase, leading to a nine day stay in the Tokyo Narcotics Detention Center and a cancellation of the highly anticipated tour. On January 25th, a shaken McCartney was deported back to Britain, left with an enormous financial loss, a fractured band, and an uncertain path into the 1980's...
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