 As part of their 1964 world tour, which supported the release of "A Hard Day's Night", they spent three days in the Netherlands, a stay that included a (playback) concert for television and a boat tour of the Amsterdam canals.For this leg of the world tour Ringo Starr, who had collapsed during a photo shoot, had been replaced by Jimmie Nicol.Essing paid 40,000 guilders for the band to play two shows, of 24 minutes and 8 songs each.