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The PA system was the same one used to announce ... when Led Zeppelin played to 56,800 people in Tampa, Florida. The Beatles returned to Shea Stadium on August 23, 1966. The fallout in the press ...

After The Beatles had played to 57,000 at Shea Stadium in 1965, plus Woodstock in 1969 and the ... The stage was too low, the PA inadequate and the show had to be stopped for 15 minutes to quell the ...

On Aug. 15, 1965, amid the screams of more than 55,000 young fans, The Beatles made history at Shea Stadium in New York City. It was a record-breaking concert that heralded a craze for four young ...

When The Beatles pulled into Shea Stadium in New York City ... There were all those people and just a tiny PA system – they couldn’t get a bigger one. We always used to use the house PA. That was good ...

Yankee Stadium is on Yankee Stadium 2, Shea Stadium is ... The technology of modern PA systems has advanced so much that we can have a band letting it rip at full stadium-level volume and yet due to ...

1966 was a transitional year for the Beatles. Having grown weary of a never-ending whirlwind of hotels, press commitments and screaming crowds, the band reached a breaking point that eventually ...