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. The band ...

August 15 marks the 60th anniversary of a legendary concert at Shea Stadium. The Beatles played the home of the New York Mets to a thrilled throng of screaming fans. There were 55,000 in attendance ...

On a sultry summer night in 1965, 55,600 people took part in a historic musical and cultural event. It was Aug. 15, the day The Beatles played the very first major stadium concert at Shea Stadium in ...

Sixty years ago today, on Aug. 15, 1965, the Beatles played Shea Stadium in New York, and the world has never recovered. It was the biggest pop explosion the world had ever seen, with 56,000 kids ...

George Harrison said The Beatles‘ performance at Shea Stadium in 1965 was “impersonal.” By the time the group played their record-breaking concert, they’d already been through the wringer touring the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets will honor the 60th anniversary of the Fab Four’s performance at Shea Stadium when they host the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 15 for The Beatles Night at Citi Field. The ...

“Top of the Mountain” by Laurie Jacobson goes behind the scenes of iconic British rock group’s concert in New York Santa Rosa author Laurie Jacobson was 13 years old when she saw the Beatles perform ...

The year 1965 was one of launches. Several Gemini rockets were sent skyward, President Lyndon Johnson enacted his Great Society reforms, and civil Rights workers launched marches from Selma to ...

When it comes to the Beatles’ remarkable story, there is no shortage of highwater marks. Their history is pocked with career-making highlights: the band’s bravura February 9, 1964, appearance on “The ...

The 1965 performance was a milestone because The Beatles became the first rock band to perform a major stadium concert. A 50-minute documentary entitled “The Beatles at Shea Stadium” captured the show ...