Everyone knows the lyrics of the Beatles' song “A Day in the Life” from the “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band” album resulted in the song being banned from the BBC for alleged drug references. But those lyrics also caused a furor with a different British institution that resulted in a second ban and an interesting and lesser known note of history to the song. Britain's Royal Albert Hall that revealed its very proper British executives were quite shocked by the song. They reportedly heard it before it was released and then promptly sent a...
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