Category Archives: The Beatles 1960s

The Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 20 1965)


Video: 'BEATLES August 20, 1965 Chicago CONCERT & Press conference'

(Friday, August 20, 1965, afternoon EDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon in Chicago between two performances at Comiskey Park, the seventh and eighth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles perform again at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles 1965.08.19 Houston Coliseum Evening Show Soundboard Audio'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 8:00 CDT) — The Beatles performed a second show tonight at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform again at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1965)

The Beatles perform at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'Live From The Sam Houston Coliseum Afternoon Show'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 4:30 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows in one day at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, this afternoon, the fifth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles hold a press conference in Houston 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'Beatles in Texas / Paul is Dead'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 2:00 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon at the Sheraton-Lincoln hotel in Houston prior to their first of two performances today at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the fifth and sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles perform at Atlanta Stadium in Georgia 50 years ago this hour (Aug 18 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium on 18 August 1965'

(Wednesday, August 18, 1965, 9:37 EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at Atlanta Stadium (later renamed the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia, the fourth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles perform record breaking concert at New York’s Shea Stadium 50 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1965)


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. Continue reading The Beatles perform record breaking concert at New York’s Shea Stadium 50 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1965)

Paul McCartney of The Beatles interviewed in New York 50 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles' Interviews America '64-'65 by Larry Kane Part 5' (Aug. 15, 1965, at 0:56-2:30)

(Sunday, August 15, 1965, 5:00 p.m. EDT) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was interviewed this afternoon by Larry Kane of WFUN-AM in Miami at the Warwick Hotel in New York City ahead of the group’s record breaking concert at Shea Stadium to start their 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles tape performance for ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour (Aug 14 1965)


Video: 'Paul McCartney (The Beatles) - Yesterday 1965'

(Saturday, August 14, 1965, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed six songs tonight on tape for the Sep. 12, 1965, (and final black and white) edition of the CBS variety television series The Ed Sullivan Show at CBS Studio 50 in New York City. It was the group’s fourth and final appearance on the show (1964-1965). Continue reading The Beatles tape performance for ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour (Aug 14 1965)

The Beatles hold press conference at Warwick Hotel in New York 50 years ago today (Aug 13 1965)


Video: 'Beatles Arrive in NYC (1965)' (Warwick arrival, press conference at 2:31)

(Friday, August 13, 1965, afternoon) — The Beatles held a press conference today at the Warwick Hotel just hours after their arrival in New York City to promote the group’s second North American tour, sixteen concerts in ten cities beginning Aug. 15, 1965. Continue reading The Beatles hold press conference at Warwick Hotel in New York 50 years ago today (Aug 13 1965)