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A nostalgic fan posted: "I was just thinking about how 'The Beatles at Shea Stadium' was the first ever major concert in an arena stadium. Has anyone seen the film?" On August 11, 1966 ...
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On August 15, 1965, the modern stadium rock concert was born with The Beatles' outdoor show at New York's packed Shea Stadium. The Beatles started playing live shows at the tiny Cavern Club in ...
That’s not the safest environment for a live act, though, so the next logical step was to bring The Beatles to Shea ... stadium, that meant they usually hoped for the best, especially when their ...
In 1965, The Beatles played their largest concert to date at New York’s Shea Stadium. The crowd was enormous, with 55,000 fans in attendance. The show symbolized the height of Beatlemania.
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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 ...
Among the highlights of his long tenure was supervising the Beatles’ appearances and filming their 1965 Shea Stadium concert ... or for checking our sound system. And with 55,000 people liable ...
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 ...