given justice and freedom. there was a war in southeast asia that was looming on the horizon and america needed home and a diversion and the energy and freshness of the four young men from liverpool ignited something that could not be quenched. as our parents screamed, turn that noise down, we turned it up. who would have thought that 50 years later we'd tell our grandchildren, turn that music up, it's the beatles. now, if you want to learn more about the beatles' early days, let me advise you to check out a wonderful book called "when they were boys" by larry kane. it's an amazing book, especially if you're a beatles fan. larry had, well, unprecedented access to the beatles during their first u.s. tour and the book "when they were boys" is available at amazon.com. by the way, a little secret, everybody in the audience, they are going to go home with a copy of the book about the beatles.