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The Beatles staged their second concert tour of the United States (with one date in Canada) in the late summer of 1965. At the peak of American Beatlemania, they played a mixture of outdoor stadiums and indoor arenas, with historic concerts at Shea Stadium in New York and the Hollywood Bowl. Typically of the era, the tour was a “package” presentation, with several artists on the bill. The Beatles played for just 30 minutes at each show, following sets by support acts such as Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated. After the tour’s conclusion, the Beatles took a six-week break before reconvening in mid-October to record the album Rubber Soul . Background Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager, scheduled the band’s second full concert tour of America after a series of early-summer concerts in Europe. The group began rehearsing for the tour in London on 25 July, four days before attending the royal premiere of their second feature film, Help! The rehearsals doubled as preparation for their live performance on ABC Television’s Blackpool Night Out and took place at the Saville Theatre on 30 July, and then at the ABC Theatre in Blackpool. Typically for the 1960s, the concerts were arranged in a package-tour format, with multiple acts on the bill. The support acts throughout the tour were Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated. The Beatles entourage comprised road managers Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans, Epstein, press officer Tony Barrow, and Alf Bicknell, who usually worked as the band’s chauffeur. In his autobiography, Barrow recalls that a major part of the advance publicity for the tour was ensuring that interviews the individual Beatles gave to British publications were widely syndicated in the US. He adds that this was easily achieved, given the band’s huge international popularity. Shea Stadium concert The opening show, at Shea Stadium in the New York borough of Queens, on 15 August was record-breaking and one of the most famous concert events of its era. It set records for attendance and revenue generation. Promoter Sid Bernstein said, “Over 55,000 people saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium. We took $304,000, the greatest gross ever in the history of show business.” It remained the highest concert attendance in the United States until 1973, when Led Zeppelin played to an audience of 56,000 in Tampa, Florida. This demonstrated that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable. The Beatles received $160,000 for their performance, which equated to $100 for each second they were on stage. For this concert, the Young Rascals, a New York band championed by Bernstein, were added to the bill. The Beatles were transported to the rooftop Port Authority Heliport at the World’s Fair by a New York Airways Boeing Vertol 107-II helicopter, then took a Wells Fargo armoured truck to Shea Stadium. Two thousand security personnel were at the venue to handle crowd control. The crowd was confined to the spectator areas of the stadium, with nobody other than the band members, their entourage, and security personnel allowed on the field. As a result of this, the audience was a long distance away from the band while they played on a small stage in the middle of the field. “Beatlemania” was at one of its highest marks at the Shea Concert. Film footage taken at the concert shows many teenagers and women crying, screaming, and even fainting. The crowd noise was such that security guards can be seen covering their ears as the Beatles enter the field. Despite the heavy security presence individual fans broke onto the field a number of times during the concert and had to be chased down and restrained. Concert film footage also shows John Lennon light-heartedly pointing out one such incident as he attempted to talk to the audience in between songs. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The deafening level of crowd noise, coupled with the distance between the band and the audience, meant that nobody in the stadium could hear much of anything. Vox had specially designed 100-watt amplifiers for this tour; however, it was still not anywhere near loud enough, so the Beatles used the house amplification system. Lennon described the noise as “wild” and also twice as deafening when the Beatles performed. On-stage “fold-back” speakers were not in common use in 1965, rendering the Beatles’ playing inaudible to each other, forcing them to just play through a list of songs nervously, not knowing what kind of sound was being produced, or whether they were playing in unison. The Beatles section of the concert was extremely short by modern standards (just 30 minutes) but was the typical 1965 Beatles tour set list, with Starr opting to sing “ Act Naturally ” instead of “ I Wanna Be Your Man “. Referring to the enormity of the 1965 concert, Lennon later told Bernstein: “You know, Sid, at Shea Stadium I saw the top of the mountain.” Barrow described it as “the ultimate pinnacle of Beatlemania” and “the group’s brightly-shining summer solstice”. The concert was attended by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham. Afterwards, the Beatles spent the evening and part of the next day socialising with Bob Dylan in their suite in the Warwick Hotel. Respite in Los Angeles After the relentless schedule the Beatles had endured on their 1964 US tour, Epstein arranged for the band to have a six-day break in Los Angeles during the 1965 tour. For this purpose, Epstein rented them a secluded house at 2850 Benedict Canyon Drive, off Mulholland Drive, in Beverly Hills, California. The Beatles arrived there in the early hours of 23 August, following their second show at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The large Spanish-style house was hidden within the side of a mountain. The band members typically woke up at 2 pm each day and spent much of their time relaxing by the swimming pool and enjoying a panoramic view of Benedict Canyon. Soon their address became widely known and the area was besieged by fans, who blocked roads and tried to scale the steep canyon while others rented helicopters to spy from overhead. The local police department had detailed twelve officers to protect the band during their stay, and this squad was supplemented by security personnel from the company Burns Agency. The Beatles found it impossible to leave and instead invited guests, including actor Eleanor Bron (their co-star in Help! ) and folk singer Joan Baez. On 24 August, they hosted Jim McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds and actor Peter Fonda. On 27 August, the Beatles met their musical hero Elvis Presley at his house on Perugia Way in Bel Air. Hollywood Bowl shows The Beatles played two concerts at Los Angeles’ high-profile Hollywood Bowl. The second of these, on 30 August, featured one of the group’s better performances and provided much of the material for their 1977 live album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl . Aftermath and legacy The Beatles and their entourage arrived at London Airport (now Heathrow Airport) on 2 September, greeted by a crowd of fans. The band’s experiences in the United States inspired the songs they began writing for their new album, Rubber Soul . The album reflected, variously, the group’s exposure to the latest singles from artists signed to the Motown and Stax record labels, the mutually influential relationship the Beatles had forged with the Byrds, and the influence of Dylan, who had urged Lennon to strive for more meaning in his lyrics. One of the new songs, “ Drive My Car “, evoked the starlets the Beatles had met at Hollywood parties, while Lennon initially based “ Run for Your Life ” on an early recording of Presley’s, “Baby Let’s Play House”. Soon after their return to London, Lennon talked extensively about the meeting with Presley in an interview he gave to the NME . A documentary titled The Beatles at Shea Stadium was produced by Ed Sullivan (under his Sullivan Productions, Inc. banner), NEMS Enterprises Ltd (which owns the 1965 copyright), and the Beatles company Subafilms Ltd. The project used twelve cameras to capture the mayhem and mass hysteria. After the Beatles had carried out overdubs in a London studio, to cover audio problems throughout the concert recording, the documentary aired on British television in March 1966. It was broadcast in the United States in 1967 on the ABC television network and subsequently became widely available as a bootleg release. In May 2007, a recording of the entire Shea Stadium show sourced from the actual in-line stadium public address system surfaced. The recording offers a minute-by-minute document of the concert, including all the opening sets. The recording is unaltered by overdubs and other editing. […] (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

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16 concerts • 2 countries

USA • San Francisco • Cow Palace • 2pm show

Aug 31, 1965 • There is 1 album covering this show

USA • San Francisco • Cow Palace • Evening show

USA • Los Angeles • Hollywood Bowl

Aug 30, 1965 • There are 4 albums covering this show

Aug 29, 1965 • There are 3 albums covering this show

USA • San Diego • Balboa Stadium

Aug 28, 1965

USA • Portland • Memorial Coliseum • 8pm show

Aug 22, 1965

USA • Portland • Memorial Coliseum • 3.30pm show

Aug 22, 1965 • There are 2 albums covering this show

USA • Minneapolis • Metropolitan Stadium

Aug 21, 1965 • There is 1 album covering this show

USA • Chicago • Comiskey Park • 8pm show

Aug 20, 1965

USA • Chicago • White Sox Park • 3pm show

Aug 20, 1965 • There is 1 album covering this show

USA • Houston • Sam Houston Coliseum • 8pm show

Aug 19, 1965 • There is 1 album covering this show

USA • Houston • Sam Houston Coliseum • 3.30 show

USA • Atlanta • Atlanta Stadium

Aug 18, 1965 • There is 1 album covering this show

Canada • Toronto • Maple Leaf Gardens • 4pm show

Aug 17, 1965

Canada • Toronto • Maple Leaf Gardens • 8pm show

USA • New York City • Shea Stadium

Aug 15, 1965 • There are 4 albums covering this show

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The Beatles at Balboa Stadium: Facts & figures

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In today's article, "The Beatles at Balboa Stadium, Yeah, yeah, yeah!" , we examine the historical significance of the Fab Four's only San Diego concert (which took place 50 years ago this week) and talk to some fans who attended. We also preview the Sept. 1 lecture about the concert at San Diego City College, which will also feature a performance by the Baja Bugs of each song The Beatles performed at Balboa Stadium.

Another accompanying article, "The Beatles at Balboa Stadium: The press conference," puts you front-and-center for the band's backstage Q&A with members of the local press, whose questions (par for an era when rock music was still regarded as a novelty) were characteristically inane.

View the photo gallery: The Beatle 8/28/1965 press conference at Balboa Stadium

Below, we take a closer look at the actual 1965 concert here by The Beatles, including the band's set list, opening acts, ticket prices, backstage food for the band (which cost a whopping $33.96), and more.

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The Beatles at Balboa Stadium: By the Numbers

The Beatles’ Balboa Stadium set list: “Twist and Shout,” “She’s a Woman,” “I Feel Fine,” “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,” “Ticket to Ride,” “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Baby’s in Black,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help!” and “I’m Down.”

The opening acts: Cannibal and The Headhunters, Brenda Holloway, Sounds Incorporated and King Curtis, with the Discotheque Dancers.

Tickets: They were priced at $3.50, $4.50 and $5.50 each.

Attendance: 17,013

Unsold tickets: 10,001

Payment: The Beatles were guaranteed a minimum of $50,000, plus a percentage of ticket sales. Because attendance was so low, the band’s total payment was $50,135.17.

The venue: Balboa Stadium was located adjacent to San Diego High School and City College. Most of the stadium was torn down in 1979. The Beatles were the first rock band to headline there. Many more followed.

The preshow news conference: Among the 100 or so media members in attendance were then-local TV talk show host Regis Philbin and radio/TV personality Wink Martindale.

Sound system rental: $725.20

Stage construction: $249

Nurses at stadium: $40

Ambulance service at stadium: $25

House light man: $20

Posters: $7.80

Tips to stage crew, policemen and firemen: $130

Backstage food & accoutrements: The Beatles, as per their contract, were provided with: one rented piano; two cases of soda pop; two tubs of Kentucky Fried Chicken; three portable TV sets; four cots and sets of clean sheets; five one-gallon bottles of water; 10 dozen paper cups and 24 assorted sandwiches. The total cost for their backstage food was $33.96.

Security: Balboa Stadium had a 4-foot-high Cyclone fence around the perimeter of the field, which no one — except 100-plus policemen — were allowed on. Some eager fans jumped over the fence and raced toward the stage, but none got there. “The police were chasing the kids around and tackling them like it was a Chargers’ game,” recalled concert attendee Randy Hoffman. His account was confirmed by then-San Diego Police Lt. Ray Hoobler, who served as Police Chief here from 1970-1975. “Officer Rufino Yaptangco made one of the finest open field tackles I’ve ever seen,” Hoobler said in a 1984 San Diego Union interview. “There were 18,000 in attendance, and the noise was damned near debilitating. It was bedlam.”

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The Beatles live: White Sox Park, Chicago

The Beatles performed two shows at the White Sox Park in Chicago, at 3pm and 8pm. The first concert was seen by 25,000, and the second drew a crowd of 37,000.

They arrived at Chicago’s Midway Airport at 3am, having flown from Houston, Texas. Local police, wary of the trouble caused by crowds in Houston, had refused to allow them to land at O’Hare International Airport.

The O’Hare Sahara hotel had unwisely announced that The Beatles were to stay there, causing thousands of fans to keep a vigil outside. The noise was so great that few of the guests managed to sleep that night.

Tickets for the concerts were priced at $2.50, $4.50 and $5.50. A promotion run by the drink 7-Up also offered purchasers the chance to win a pair of tickets, with 2,000 up for grabs.

The Beatles’ setlist featured 12 songs: the group’s short version of ‘Twist And Shout’ , followed by ‘She’s A Woman’ , ‘I Feel Fine’ , ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ , ‘Ticket To Ride’ , ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’ , ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ , ‘Baby’s In Black’ , ‘Act Naturally’ , ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ , ‘Help!’ and ‘I’m Down’ .

The Beatles were paid $155,000 for the two performances. The other acts on the bill were Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated.

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The stadium was called Comiskey Park, not White Sox park. The White Sox played there until 1990. In April 1991 the new Comiskey Park opened across the street. It was later changed to US Cellular Field aka The Cell. The original park was demolished in 1991. It was a dump, but it had character.

It was known as the White Sox Park, I believe, from 1962-75 – and certainly in 1965 when The Beatles played there, according to ticket stubs from the shows.

I have to admit, I never knew that, but then again, I was born and raised on the North Side with the Cubs (although I’ve been to plenty of White Sox games in the old park). Everyone around here says “The Beatles played Comiskey Park in ’65.” That’s how it is in Chicago and always will be. As far as it technically being called White Sox Park, you got me on that. But it’ll always be Comiskey to us. (Just like the Sears Tower – I’m not calling it Willis Tower!) Thanks.

YEP… it will always bw Comiskey Park to the real Chicagoans and the SEARS Tower to the real Americans.

I saw the Beatles in ’65. And at that time we called it White Sox Park..?..Won the $5.50 ticket from a radio show. Something I’ll never forget. And by the way, I too will call The Sears Tower…The Sears Tower..?? and by no other name.

I also went with my sister and best friend who won tickets from a local radio station and we were driven by the radio station to White Sox stadium in Chicago as it was called then – never heard it called Comisky – but I was from Ypsilanti then so maybe that was a local thing. I remember Could not hear a thing over the screaming girls and it was so so loud and girls fainting in the seats but I will never forget that day as I felt so lucky to have been there. What a great adventure to see them play LIVE. I am 71 now and I still have my Beatles albums from back then – I will never forget THAT DAY!

My mom was at that show she was 15. I still can’t believe she saw the Beatles live!

I think this settles the controversy about the name of the park. From the article linked below:

Originally White Sox Park, within three years it was renamed for White Sox founder and owner Charles Comiskey. The original name was restored in 1962, then it changed back to Comiskey Park in 1976

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiskey_Park#Early_years

I was at that concert on Aug. 20, 1965 and who cares what the stadium was called.

Who cares what stadium it was called? Why don’t you also say “Who cares that they even played?” Same thing. It’s history. The facts are important to get correct. That’s what this entire site is devoted to!

I was at the 3:00 pm show & I agree, who cares. I grew up on 114th St south and we used the names interchangeably. I just remember being so annoyed that all the girls had to scream so much. I mean did you come here to scream or hear music? I kept waiting for the girls to stop so we could hear. But as soon as the first chord, or note or vocal sounded…shrieks!…it was all over. So like, on behalf of all the guys who were there that day, I’d just like to say: “Thank You Girl!” (….NOT!!)

I was at the 3 o’clock show also. Couldn’t hear a thing. Kept looking at the girls wondering why they came –all they did was drown out the music and scream. I heard them sing “Help!” …And I don’t mean the song, just the first word. Oh well, only cost 3 or 4 bucks.

My ticket cost $2.50. Cheapest seats. I remember because I had to save my allowance for three weeks (I got $1 a week).

That was about it. They had no idea about a P/A system for that show. We heard a bass note here and there, mostly girls screaming.

Is the set list for this concert correct? Did they play Act Naturally, like it says here, or I Wanna Be Your Man, which they played virtually everywhere else on this tour?

Yes, ACT NATURALLY is correct, my mother had taken me as a 16th birthday gift, and she loved their cover of the BUCK OWENS HIT. She is a country music lover. And I’m sure you must realize that THE BEATLES wee influenced by Country just as much as early Skiffel, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll. Real R& B, and Blues. Love Ringo’s duet with Buck of ACT NATURALLY on Red Vinyl ( they seemed to be having a blast singing together). There is also a video of them on YouTube, Dig It ! Ron Ward

I was super excited to be there at the concert. I was there for the afternoon concert. My dad drove my friend Patty and I to the concert from Wisconsin.

It’s not completely correct. I was there. They also played “she loves you”

It’s well documented that “She Loves You” was not part of the 1965 set.

I was there for the three o’clock show but I was only ten so don’t remember that much. I do remember hearing the beginning of “Help” and “I’m down” but the rest of those songs and every other song was lost in the screams. My two sisters my Aunt and my mother went that afternoon. We had driven up to Chicago to visit my Aunt and uncle from Glenwood , Arkansas and were surprised to find out she had bought us tickets. That was the last concert I had been to until last month when Paul McCartney appeared at Verizon arena in North Little Rock, it was awesome.

I was fortunate enough to attend both concerts as a child. Had box seats at the Amphitheater. I still have the programs to both shows. One has a coupon to get into the Auto Show for free.

There are film clips of members of the audience filming. Would be nice to see their films, even if they sat quite a long way away from the stage, as everybody did at that gig.

It looks like the clip has been fleshed-out with some footage of the 1965 concert at Shea Stadium.

I was there and also on the bill was the Reflections, the band that did Just Like Romeo and Juliette…..

Wife won tickets for the 3:00 show, she remembers the wearing the same jackets as at Mets steadium.

LOL! I believe I see Big Mal standing behind Paul with his head at stage level in the pic above. Best seat in the house (not to mention the loudest)!

I kept a journal about the days leading up to it and an exact account of the show itself. Then 50 years later, I compiled it into a graphic novel called Fab4 Mania published by Fantagraphics. Original drawings, lots of fun and insight into the world at that time. It’ll bring it all back, including WLS and Comiskey Park. Foreword by Hunter Davies, Beatles official biographer.

I was there. Ticket $2.50. Bus to get there 10 cents plus 5 cents for transfer. Cried the whole concert. Couldn’t believe I was there. When it started we moved to better seats. There was so much going on no one said anything to us. They looked the size of ants but no one cared. Just being there. Still have my ticket stub.

Larry Kane interviewing The Beatles pretty much says that they’re in the “basement of Comiskey Park.” Do you think the press conference took place before the concert, between shows?

I was at the 3 pm show. Will never forget it, but couldn’t hear much over the screaming. My friend and I (both 11) had gotten a ride from her mom to the concert. We took the bus home. I thought our tickets cost $3.50. After presenting our tickets, our bags were searched by some pretty beefy Chicago cops. Upon finding a 16-inch tall Pepsi bottle in my friend’s bag, the cop responded “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” What he didn’t know was that we had brought the bottle to defend ourselves if we got “jumped” on the way home.

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1965 NME Concert Dream Lineup: Beatles, Stones, Kinks + more

Ray Davies and Dave Davies at the 1965 NME concert

We all have our idea of what would constitute a dream concert, and if you were a British teen in 1965—or an adult in 2016 who happens to know where to find a good time machine—yours might go something like this: First, you’d book the  Rolling Stones  as one of your opening acts, performing some rhythm and blues favorites like Otis Redding’s “Pain in My Heart” and Solomon Burke’s “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” (beginning at the 34:40 mark, in the video below).

You’d also invite some of the currently happening bands like the  Moody Blues  (who begin the concert), the soulful Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and  Herman’s Hermits  (at the 21:10 mark).

The Stones during their set

For the second half of your fantasy concert, you’d get serious, bringing on the heavyweights: the  Searchers ,  Them  (featuring that dynamic singer Van Morrison, beginning at 51:40) and the  Animals , (at the 1:00:05 mark), along with a couple of the best solo artists the U.K. has to offer:  Dusty Springfield  and the young folk singer from Scotland,  Donovan .

And, of course, the  Beatles , singing some of their recent hits like “I Feel Fine” and “Ticket to Ride” before closing out their five-song set with Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally.” And then you’d have the Kinks follow them, singing “You Really Got Me” (at the 1:29:45 mark).

If only, right?

Well, if you were at London’s Wembley Empire Pool on April 11, 1965, you wouldn’t have to dream; you could have witnessed that very concert, filled out with other current faves like Cilla Black, Freddie and the Dreamers (at the 9:20 mark), folk-rockers the Seekers (at 16:30), Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, (at the 45:08 mark), and more.

Each year, beginning in 1953, the British music weekly  NME  (New Musical Express) polled its readers on the best of the year. The winners were then invited to perform for the people and, at the height of the British Invasion, that meant the Beatles, Stones, Animals, Kinks, etc.

You might think that a concert featuring so many future classic rock acts would last for a week, but in those days it was all about running on stage, playing a few hits and beating a hasty retreat. The entire show—presented here in black and white, of course—took about two hours from start to finish.

Our Classic Video also includes live performances of the Moody Blues’ “Go Now,” Herman’s Hermits’ “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” the Stones’ “The Last Time,” Donovan’s “Catch the Wind” and Them’s “Here Comes the Night.” Whew!

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This is perhaps the best 60s live concert with an incredible line up. Music is all live and the sound is surprisingly good, actually great. I will be watching this almost as often as Katy Perry’s “Roar”

This is how history is written. All trying their best and leaving a mark

Wow! This really is a time machine! Great seeing all the hit-makers from 1965. Although the modern video gimmickery is a bit distracting, the sound is surprisingly good.

THANK YOU. Brings joyous tears to my eyes as I listen and go back in time.

Wonderful. Truly marvellous.

The 1966 NME show was even better with the Yardbirds and the Who. Too bad no one filmed it.

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May 5th, 1965: The Rolling Stones 1965 North American Tour Dates

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May 5th, 1965 : the rolling stones 1965 north american tour dates.

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On April 23 1965 The Rolling Stones commenced their first North American tour at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The tour was to support their recently released album, The Rolling Stones, Now!

Listen below to the first Jagger/Richards penned single, released in February 1965: "The Last Time".

Here are the dates for The Rolling Stones' 20 night concert tour of The United States & Canada.

23 April 1965 - Montreal, Quebec - Maurice Richard Arena

25 April 1965 - Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leaf Gardens

29 April 1965 - Albany, New York - Palace Theatre

30 April 1965 - Worcester, Massachusetts - Worcester Memorial Auditorium

1 May 1965 - New York City, New York - Academy of Music

2 May 1965 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center

4 May 1965 - Statesboro, Georgia - Southern College, Hanner Fieldhouse

6 May 1965 - Clearwater, Florida - Jack Russell Stadium

7 May 1965 - Birmingham, Alabama - Legion Field

8 May 1965 - Jacksonville, Florida - Jacksonville Coliseum

9 May 1965 - Chicago, Illinois Arie Crown Theater

14 May 1965 - San Francisco, California - Civic Auditorium

15 May 1965 - San Bernardino, California - Swing Auditorium

16 May 1965 - Long Beach, California - Civic Auditorium

17 May 1965 - San Diego, California Golden Hall

21 May 1965 - San Jose, California - San Jose Civic Auditorium

22 May 1965 - Fresno, California - Ratcliffe Stadium

23 May 1965 - Sacramento, California - Municipal Auditorium

29 May 1965 - New York City, New York - Academy of Music

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December 10th, 1969: Four people died over the weekend at The Altamont Speedway Free Festival

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December 3rd, 1969: Emmylou Harris covers Bob Dylan on debut album

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Bob Dylan England Tour 1965

The Bob Dylan England Tour 1965 was a concert tour by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan during late April and early May 1965. The tour was documented by filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker , who used the footage of the tour in his documentary Dont Look Back .

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As Dylan was still playing exclusively folk music live, much of the material performed during this tour was written pre-1965. Each show was divided into two halves, with seven songs performed during the first, and eight during the second. [1] The set consisted of two songs from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan , three from The Times They Are a-Changin' , three from Another Side of Bob Dylan , a comic-relief concert staple; "If You Gotta Go, Go Now", issued as a single in Europe, and six songs off his then-recent album, Bringing It All Back Home , including the second side in its entirety.

• " The Times They Are a-Changin' "
• " To Ramona "
• " Gates of Eden "
• " If You Gotta Go, Go Now (or Else You Got to Stay All Night) "
• " It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) "
• " Love Minus Zero/No Limit "
• " Mr. Tambourine Man "
• " Talkin' World War III Blues "
• " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right "
• " With God on Our Side "
• " She Belongs to Me "
• " It Ain't Me Babe "
• " The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll "
• " All I Really Want to Do "
• " It's All Over Now, Baby Blue "

Set list per Olof Bjorner. [1]

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" Girl from the North Country " is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969. That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline , Dylan's ninth studio album.

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" If You Gotta Go, Go Now " (sometimes subtitled " (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) ") is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1964. The first released version was as a single in the US by the UK group the Liverpool Five in July 1965, but this did not chart in the US despite receiving much airplay, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Another British band, Manfred Mann, then issued the song as a single in September 1965 and had a number 2 hit. Fairport Convention also had a chart hit, with a French version, in 1969.

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Tell Me, Momma is a song written by Bob Dylan and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour with the Band. It was used to introduce the second half of a concert, when Dylan switched from an acoustic solo performance to an electric performance backed by a band. The song was not recorded on a studio album, nor was it ever performed again by Dylan in concert.

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The 1966 Live Recordings is a 36-CD boxset of live recordings from the 1966 Live Tour by Bob Dylan, released on Legacy Records in November 2016. It includes every known recording from the tour, including audience tapes. Most of the set was unreleased at that point and some tapes never circulated before.

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Preparing for Monday’s solar eclipse: What you need to do to watch safely

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Grab your eclipse glasses — weather permitting, Los Angeles County and the rest of California will catch a glimpse of the rare total eclipse Monday.

Unfortunately for eclipse fanatics on the West Coast, Californians will be able to see only a partial eclipse. From this state’s vantage point, the moon and sun won’t be exactly aligned, and only a portion of the sun’s disc is blocked, according to the Griffith Observatory .

The moon’s encroachment into the sun’s path will start at 10:06 a.m. and it will have made a substantial bite into the sun’s image by 10:39 a.m. The eclipse will peak at 11:12 a.m. and be over by 12:22 p.m., according to the observatory.

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Depending on where you are in the state, you’ll get a slightly different view of the eclipse. For example, in Los Angeles half of the sun will be visibly covered by the moon, but in San Francisco only a third of it will be covered. Anglenos can take that as a win.

NASA offers an eclipse explorer online map if you want to time your viewing just right.

This is a rare event; the next solar eclipse that can be seen from California won’t occur until 2044. To help you prepare, experts share how you can view the eclipse safely, where to get protective eyewear, how to photograph the eclipse and who will be hosting public viewing parties in Los Angeles County.

How to safely watch the eclipse

The first rule of a solar eclipse is, don’t look at the sun without specialized eclipse glasses or a solar viewers. It’s not safe.

If you look up at the eclipse without protection, it will instantly cause severe eye injury, according to NASA .

The same rule applies for looking at the eclipse through a camera lens, binoculars, telescope or regular sunglasses. According to NASA, the concentrated solar rays will burn through the lens filter and seriously harm your eyes.

What you can use are solar viewers or eclipse glasses that comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard . These glasses reduce visible sunlight to safe and comfortable levels and block all but a tiny fraction of solar UV and infrared radiation, according to the American Astronomical Society.

The society warns that some eclipse glasses are labeled as ISO-compliant but have not been properly tested. Unfortunately, there’s no way for you to be able to test whether the eclipse glasses are legitimate or not before you buy them. Instead, the society shares a list of reputable suppliers of eclipse glasses, viewers and filters online .

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Once you have some eclipse glasses in hand, here’s how to tell whether they’re safe. Through a pair of eclipse glasses you should be able to see only the sun (or something comparably bright) and nothing else. Some signs that the viewer might not be safe are:

• If you can see shaded lamps or other common household light fixtures, don’t use it.
• If you glance at the sun through the viewer and find it uncomfortably bright, don’t use it. Safe solar filters produce a view of the sun that is comfortably bright and in focus.

The American Astronomical Society advises against purchasing whatever eclipse glasses pop up in an internet search or online ads. What you can count on are glasses and viewers from a science museum, planetarium or an astronomy trade show.

When you do get a pair of glasses or viewers, make sure they’re in good condition. If the viewers are torn, scratched or punctured, discard them. If the filters are coming loose from their cardboard or plastic frames, discard them.

You can also indirectly see the eclipse by using a pinhole projection. With the sun behind you, allow the sunlight to pass through a small opening and project a solar image onto a nearby surface. Do not look at the sun through the pinhole.

There are several items you can use to fashion a pinhole projector, such as an index card with a hole punched in it, a pasta colander, a straw hat (with visible holes) or even your bare hands .

Experts such as Ed Krupp, longtime director of the Griffith Observatory, advise against staring at the eclipse for minutes on end, even with proper eye protection.

Krupp suggests looking up for just a moment to see the progress, then waiting 10 minutes or so before seeing how it looks again.

Where to get eclipse glasses

• Several branches of the Los Angeles Public Library are handing out free solar eclipse glasses every day until Saturday, but just to the first 40 people who ask for them. The library’s main online calendar lists the branches that are participating.
• The Los Angeles Public Library also will be distributing 21,000 solar eclipse glasses at the Los Angeles Maker Faire on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown.
• The Los Angeles County Library branches are providing the community with the protective eyeware while supplies last. The county has a list of its branch locations and contact information so you can call ahead to check on the branch’s supply.
• Participating Warby Parker locations are handing out free solar eclipse glasses while supplies last. The website for the prescription glasses retailer has a list of locations that are giving out the protective glasses.

Tips on taking a photo of the eclipse with your phone

Your eyes aren’t the only thing you shouldn’t point at the sun. Your smartphone can also be damaged if you point its camera lens at the sun for long periods of time without a special filter.

It’s generally OK to include the sun in a photo focused on something else — for example, if you’re taking a landscape photo that includes the sun, that isn’t a safety issue for the camera. If you’re focused on the sun, put eclipse glasses or certified solar filters over the camera lens.

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Eclipse viewing events

Eclipse events around Los Angeles are all taking place from 10 a.m. to noon Monday.

• The California Science Center is hosting a hands-on educational activities and viewing of the eclipse, which is included with the center’s free general admission. Free eclipse glasses will be available.
• Cal State L.A.’s Honors College will be providing its students and the public with viewing glasses and a space to view the eclipse between the Biological Sciences Building and the Annenberg Science Complex. For more information, call (323) 343-5969 or email [email protected].
• In celebration of National Library week, 10 of L.A. County Public Library branches are hosting an educational viewing of the eclipse. The participating branches are Stevenson Ranch, El Camino Real, Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey, Chet Holifield, Diamond Bar, Acton Agua Dulce, Manhattan Beach, Rowland Heights, Woodcrest and Lake Los Angeles. Call the participating branch for more information.
• Los Angeles Pierce College is hosting an eclipse party that’s open to the public on the second floor balcony of the Center for the Sciences on campus. Staff will provide solar eclipse glasses and have solar telescopes on site. Any questions or requests for special accommodations should be emailed to Dale Fields at [email protected].
• Caltech is hosting a viewing party for the public at the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Eclipse glasses will be provided while supplies last, and a solar telescope will be on site. Astrophysicists will be available during the viewing to help everyone get the most out of the rare experience. For more information, visit Caltech’s website or email Cameron Hummels at [email protected].
• If you’re looking to virtually see the moon’s passing, the Griffith Observatory will broadcast the total solar eclipse live on Youtube from Belton, Texas.

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