1960: Arrested for (Suspected) Arson
These were the early days when the Beatles still had Pete Best in the lineup. The young and impressionable band went to Hamburg, Germany, to earn some invaluable performing experience while also stirring the pot along the way. On the night of November 29, 1960, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for attempted arson, of all things.
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The boys were already a bit down in the dumps, because George Harrison had just recently been deported back to the UK (authorities discovered he was only 17 and thus not of legal age to be playing their late-night sets, which were after the 10 p.m. curfew).