YOU TELL LIES
THINKING I CAN'T SEE
YOU CAN'T CRY 'CAUSE
YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME
It was 59 years ago
(August 15th, 1965)
that
the Beatles
played their
legendary concert
at Shea Stadium
in New York City.
The show was
the first on their
1965
U.S. summer tour,
and it was also
the first-ever
open-air stadium
rock concert.
The group flew into
New York on
August 13th
and a day later
taped a five-song
performance for
The Ed Sullivan Show
to be broadcast
the following month.
Sullivan returned
the favor by
introducing the group
the next night
at Shea,
in front of a
sell-out crowd of
55,600 fans.
The Beatles,
who performed on a
makeshift stage
near where second base
would normally be,
earned a whopping
$160,000
for their 30-minute set
which was a record
payout at that time.
The New York Police Department
was worried that
fans attending
the shows
would jam the tunnels
in and out
of Manhattan,
so the Beatles
were escorted from
the Warwick Hotel
to the Manhattan
East River Heliport
and flown by
helicopter
to the roof of the
World’s Fair building
in Flushing Meadows Park,
not far from
Shea Stadium.
Next,
the group jumped in
a Wells Fargo
armored van
and were driven
to the stadium.
The van driver
gave each of
the Beatles
a Wells Fargo
“agent badge,”
which they all wore
at the evening’s concert.
TRACKLIST
Introduction
Twist and Shout
I Feel Fine
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Ticket To Ride
Can't Buy Me Love
Baby's in Black
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
I'm Down
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