Video: 'The beatles - Live At Shea Stadium, New York 1966' (first four clips from today's press conferences)

(Monday, August 22, 1966, 5:00 p.m. EDT) — Having arrived early morning (3:50 a.m. EDT) at LaGuardia Airport from St. Louis, The Beatles held two press conferences tonight at the Warwick Hotel in New York on the 11th stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading The Beatles hold two press conferences in New York 60 years ago tonight (Aug 22 1966) →

Video: 'The worst tour ever'

(Sunday, August 21, 1966, approximately 10:00 p.m. CDT) — All four members of The Beatles secretly agreed to stop touring tonight, reaching a unanimous decision following a chaotic departure from their concert at Busch Stadium, the tenth stop of their third North American tour. Continue reading All four members of The Beatles secretly agree to stop touring 60 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1966) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Live at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (August 21, 1966)'

(Sunday, August 21, 1966, approximately 9:27 p.m. CDT) — Having arrived late afternoon at Lambert Field from Cincinnati (where they played this afternoon to make up for Saturday night’s rainout), The Beatles performed tonight at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on the tenth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform at Busch Stadium in St. Louis 60 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1966) →

Video: 'St. Louis Airport arrival Busch Stadium Channel 5 News 8mm footage'

(Sunday, August 21, 1966, approximately 4:45 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles landed at Lambert Airport in St. Louis this afternoon from Cincinnati (where they played this afternoon to make up for last night’s rainout and then flew out today at 4:00 p.m. EDT) to perform tonight at Busch Stadium on the tenth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour.

Video: 'The Beatles: Live In Cincinnati (August 21st, 1966)'

(Sunday, August 21, 1966, approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT following four opening acts) — Having been rained out the night before, The Beatles performed today at Crosley Field in Cincinnati on the ninth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform at Crosley Field in Cincinnati 60 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1966) →

Video: 'The beatles - Cincinnatti Lunken Airport arrival raw footage 1966'

(Saturday, August 20, 1966, 2:45 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles arrived at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati early this morning on the ninth stop of what turned out to be their final tour, having escaped Memphis and the Bible Belt at midnight CDT without bodily injury amid the band’s ‘Jesus’ controversy. Continue reading The Beatles arrive at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati 60 years ago this hour (Aug 20 1966) →

Video: 'The Beatles: Live In Memphis (August 19th, 1966) (Late Show)' ('cherry bomb' goes off at 7:20)

(Thursday, August 19, 1966, approximately 10:10 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles performed the second of two shows tonight at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis on the eighth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading ‘Cherry Bomb’ incident mars The Beatles’ second performance in Memphis 60 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1966) →

Video: 'Memphis colisseum press conference interview ITN news report'

(Thursday, August 19, 1966, following a press conference that started at 7:00 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles sat down together for what is believed to be their final filmed interview as a group today between two concerts at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, as the band faced mounting controversy over John Lennon’s comments about Jesus. Continue reading The Beatles sit down in Memphis for final joint on-camera interview 60 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1966) →