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Detroit concert memories from the fans
One thing that people don't realize now is that back then it wasn't so easy to get tickets. There were no toll-free numbers, no credit cards, and very few interstate highways to zip along to other...
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Cleveland Reference
We have already established that I am obsessed with the Beatles 1966 North American tour. One of the two concerts that interests me the most is the one in Cleveland, Ohio on August 14, 2016. I like...
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Bad comparison?
In both of these newspaper article I found about the Beatles in Cleveland in 1966, the fans rushing the stage are compared to racial riots that occurred a few weeks earlier in Cleveland in the Hough...
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Beatles fan never got to 2nd base
Beatles’ fans never got to 2nd baseBy Paula BrooksAnyone who is an avid Beatle fan as I am, understands how I felt upon receiving word that I would be representing the Beaver County Times’ Young World...
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Backstage in the trailer
Much has been said about the fancy trailer that was parked back behind the stage that the Beatles used as a dressing room as well as a safe haven when fans started to jump on the stage. It was...
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Opening up
WIXY Disc jockeysThe RemainsBobby Hebb with backing band, The RemainsThe CyrkleThe Cyrkle There aren't a lot of photographs of the support acts on the Beatles 1966 tour performing---but here are some...
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3000 Beatles fans Wreck Cleveland Baseball Field
3,000 Beatles Fans Wreck Cleveland Baseball FieldAssociated Press (Cleveland)The Beatles barely missed being mobbed last night as nearly 3000 screaming teenage fans surged the stage at Municipal...
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Cleveland concert memories
I saw the Beatles in concert on a rainy Sunday evening. I was 13 and my parents insisted on making it a "family outing" so there I was with my best friend, Tina, and Mom, Dad and my younger brother and...
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A night to remember
The BEST concert memory of the Cleveland show comes from Joy Kilbane of MacLen magazine. She wrote this in 1976 for the 10th anniversary of the show. A night to remember (round #2)By Joy...
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Arriving in Washington D.C.
Every Beatles tour has one stop that has a ton of photos and information and one that has very little photos and information. For the 1966 North American tour, Washington D.C. seems to be the stop...
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The D.C. P.C.
For years I have been trying to figure out--what is hanging up behind the Beatles during this press conference? Is it a poster for the Washington D.C. concert? Art work made by a fan? A newspaper...
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Backstage in D.C.
These girls were trying to get backstage...These DJ's got backstage right after the guys got their stage suits onJohn and Paul tune up before getting dressed for the concert.
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Beatles lure Big Crowd
Beatles thrill 32,161 at Washington concertAssociated PressAugust 15, 1966The Beatles, steering clear of amateur theology, resume their North American tour today having send thousands of Washington’s...
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Fans remember the Beatles in Washington D. C. (and some not correctly)
I attended the August, 1966, Beatles concert at D.C. Stadium.Being only eleven at the time and having screamed all the way through it, my memories are somewhat vague. I do remember having to buy the...
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Philly in Black and white
Philadelphia Fans Enthusiastic: 20,000 cheer the Beatles at StadiumUPIReading EagleAugust 17, 1966Beatle John Lennon’s remarks about Christianity and his subsequent apology apparently haven’t dampened...
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Philly fan recall the show
I took this photo somewhere off the Internet from a fan that stated that this was her on the way to the Beatles Philadelphia concert in 1966. I had full intentions of emailing and asking to use the...
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Arriving at midnight
Beatles Arriving at MidnightToronto Daily StarAugust 16, 1966The Beatles will arrive in Toronto at dead of night, but they'll be assured of a reception committee numbering at least 200.That's how many...
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