Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting fire to condoms.
Uh-Huh.
The Beatles’ former drummer Pete Best revealed that he and Paul returned to the UK after being accused of arson when they used the rubber contraceptives as emergency lighting.
Pete explained the story to Absolute Radio: “We were deported for burning condoms. We defected to another club who paid us more money to play. And we’d been staying in the back of the van. We went back to pack our belongings up and being good, clean living lads, we had some condoms on us, and we pinned them on the wall and they spluttered. Let’s get it clear, they weren’t used. For those of you who might try to burn rubbers, please don’t, because they smell horrible. But they spluttered, gave us enough light to throw our belongings together, but as a result of that we were charged with trying to burn the van down. They’d been used for many other things since then, but at that particular time they served its purpose.”
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