Video: 'The Beatles Live At Shea Stadium'
(Sunday, August 15, 1965, 9:16 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles launched their 1965 North American tour tonight, playing to a crowd of more than 55,000 people at Shea Stadium in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.
One of the most famous concert events of its era, the concert set records for attendance and revenue generation ($304,000), demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable.
Video: 'The Beatles Live At Shea Stadium'
