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60 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Played the First-Ever Major Stadium Rock Concert
60 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Played the First-Ever Major Stadium Rock Concert originally appeared on Parade. Six decades ago, the loudest sound in New York wasn’t a jet overhead—it was 55,600 fans screaming for four guys from Liverpool.
It was an August night in 2006, and an aging Shea Stadium was packed. Standing behind a podium near second base, Mets radio ...
Perhaps no event looms larger than the Beatles’ August 15, 1965, performance at Shea Stadium in front of 55,600 fans. The concert ushered in a new era in rock music in which superstardom was defined ...
Lindsay A. Fleming explains why, 60 years after the Beatles popularized the stadium tour, fans are still obsessed.
There’s also a chance that space doesn’t exist for us in NYC 2017, and Shea Stadium becomes part of its history instead, but we won’t know until we get out on the streets and start looking.
Aug. 3, 1975 — they played two baseball games at Shea Stadium, the Yankees hosting Cleveland for an old-fashioned, ...
The Beatles’ 1965 concert at Shea Stadium was a landmark moment in music history, setting new standards for live events.
1965 – The Beatles Make Stadium History On August 15, 1965, The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium in New York City—the first major stadium concert in rock history—with over 55,000 fans in attendance.
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