Video: 'The Beatles Live At The City Park Stadium, New Orleans, USA (Wednesday 16th September 1964)'
(Wednesday, September 16, 1964, 9:25 p.m. CDT; during The Beatles’ 1964 North American tour) — The Beatles performed tonight at City Park Stadium in New Orleans during the band’s 22nd stop of their first full North American tour.
Video: 'The Beatles - New Orleans 1964'
The stage at City Park Stadium was situated on the far side of the venue, well away from the audience. However, during the performance of “Can’t Buy Me Love” more than 100 fans broke through a police cordon and ran across the field towards the stage.
Video: 'The Beatles at New Orleans City Park in 1964'
It took 225 police officers more than 20 minutes before order was restored, with mounted police patrolling the area of the breach.
Around 200 fans collapsed through excitement and exhaustion. One girl broke her arm, but refused hospital treatment until the show had ended.
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The group had one major request while in the city: they wanted to meet Fats Domino. The musician agreed to meet The Beatles in their dressing room at the City Park Stadium immediately prior to their performance.
“Fats Domino we admired. We met him in New Orleans. He had a very big diamond watch in the shape of a star, which was very impressive,” Paul McCartney said later.
