# Anyone see the Beatles live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276 "2016-02-05T22:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/1 "2016-02-05T22:31:51Z")
Their last concert for an audience was in 1966 in San Fran not counting the rooftop event in London - which had no paying crowd. I met a guy who told me that he flew in to Shea Stadium with them in the chopper for their concert there in 1965. He was a radio DJ. ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/2 "2016-02-05T22:46:13Z")
August 19, 1966, Memphis, Mid-South Coliseum. 1st row, right in the middle. The Cyrcle opened. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/3 "2016-02-05T22:49:28Z")
A friend saw them in Detroit, not sure what year. Said you could not hear the music, only screeching girls. mmm ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/4 "2016-02-05T22:52:31Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > A friend saw them in Detroit, not sure what year. Said you could not hear the music, only screeching girls. My sister saw them live at the Finsbury Park Astoria, London in 1965. She too couldn’t hear anything over the screaming. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/5 "2016-02-05T23:16:11Z")
Is it true that the floor was soaked in urine? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/6 "2016-02-05T23:22:06Z")
Never saw them, but I work down the street from the old Uline Arena where they played their first US show. They’re rebuilding it now. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/7 "2016-02-05T23:25:03Z")
August, 1965 Comiskey Park August, 1966 International. I saw Bobby Hebb, the Cyrkle, and the Ronettes as their opening acts in 1966. I don’t remember who opened for them in 1965. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/8 "2016-02-05T23:46:39Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Is it true that the floor was soaked in urine? No. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/9 "2016-02-06T00:35:15Z")
I’ve seen one of the Beatles live! 😃 (Paul) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/10 "2016-02-06T01:02:37Z")
Yes I did. JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 8/16/66 and I still have [my ticket](http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/hdiggitydog/misc%20pics/BeatlesTicket.jpg). I can’t say I recall this, but according to the Beatlemania website, the set list for the 1966 tour was: ``` Rock And Roll Music She's a Woman If I Needed Someone Baby's In Black Day Tripper I Feel Fine Yesterday I Wanna Be Your Man Nowhere Man Paperback Writer I'm Down ``` What I do remember was poor tinny sound quality, crushing crowds, screaming, seats so far away we needed opera glasses to see the band, a humid and drizzly night with rumbles of thunder …and the best concert I ever saw. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/11 "2016-02-06T03:15:27Z")
San Diego, 1965. I was 14. And screaming notwithstanding, I heard the music well enough. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/12 "2016-02-06T03:31:25Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Yes I did. JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 8/16/66 and I still have [my ticket](http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/hdiggitydog/misc%20pics/BeatlesTicket.jpg). > > I can’t say I recall this, but according to the Beatlemania website, the set list for the 1966 tour was: > > ``` > Rock And Roll Music > She's a Woman > If I Needed Someone > Baby's In Black > Day Tripper > I Feel Fine > Yesterday > I Wanna Be Your Man > Nowhere Man > Paperback Writer > I'm Down > > ``` > > What I do remember was poor tinny sound quality, crushing crowds, screaming, seats so far away we needed opera glasses to see the band, a humid and drizzly night with rumbles of thunder …and the best concert I ever saw. 🙂 $5 bucks!!! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/13 "2016-02-06T03:37:32Z")
I saw **Beatlemania** once. It was an incredible simulation. (No, it wasn’t) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/14 "2016-02-06T04:05:19Z")
My wife saw them at Shea Stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/15 "2016-02-06T05:00:01Z")
Half of them. I saw George Harrison and Ringo Starr at the [Concert for Bangladesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh) in 1971. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/16 "2016-02-06T13:20:56Z")
Two friends of mine saw them in Houston, August 19, 1965 (we were all in high school). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Kyl1IuVn9A/hqdefault.jpg "Beatles in Houston August 19, 1965") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kyl1IuVn9A) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/17 "2016-02-06T13:24:28Z")
I saw them in Toronto on August 17, 1966. Note the word ‘saw’ above. I can’t really say I heard them. Still, even as a kid, I sensed it was something special. As **Pai325** mentioned, the opening acts were Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle, and The Ronettes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/18 "2016-02-06T15:53:02Z")
My mother had the opportunity to see them in England, but she passed because she thought they were overrated. She saw everyone else though, including the Rolling Stones and a bunch of other great artists. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/19 "2016-02-06T16:05:19Z")
Didn’t see them, but I guess I heard them. We took my sister and her friend to see them at Crosley Field in '66. It was a Saturday evening, but rain cancelled the show. It was rescheduled for the next afternoon. We went back the next day. Both times, I waited in the parking lot. I waited with my Dad on Saturday, and both parents on Sunday. I was five years old. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rainbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@black\_rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rainbow)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276/20 "2016-02-07T00:46:02Z")
My brother’s mother in law saw them at their first American show in DC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276.md?page=2)