The Last Gig – Candlestick Park, 1966

Now on the official Beatles YouTube site:

“It was to be the last ticketed concert for the band, ever. This short film was recorded at the last major event at Candlestick Park in August 2014, Paul McCartney’s ’Farewell to Candlestick: The Final Concert’.

See the exclusive presentation of The Beatles 30 min performance Shea Stadium, only in theatres along with Ron Howard’s Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years. From September 15.”

The Day After Shea Stadium – A Concert by You-Know-Who….

From the New York Times, the day after the famous Shea Stadium concert by the Beatles….NYT Shea StadiumLove the line: “During the two days since the group’s arrival from London there have never been more that 2,000 Beatle addicts racing about the midtown, making shrill noises and in general irritating the police.” Only 2,000 fans on the streets of NYC for two days:

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And this is what 55,600 fans were there for:

Thanks for Andrey in Russia for the scan.