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- ↑ "26 June 1966: The Beatles live at Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg". The Beatles Bible. 1966-06-26. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ Karasek, Hellmuth (18 September 1970). "Mit Erfolg zurück nach vorn". Die Zeit (in German). Zeit Online GmbH. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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