Posts Tagged ‘Beatles Washington Coliseum’
The Beatles conquer America – 50th Anniversary
Written by admin on February 7, 2014 – 11:37 am -Today (February 7) is the 50th anniversary of the day that The Beatles first touched down on US soil, beginning a 15-day trip that would change the course of US popular culture.
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Unseen Beatles photos sell for $360,000
Written by admin on July 21, 2011 – 11:52 pm -| Unseen photographs of The Beatles’ debut American concert have sold at auction for $360,000 (£223,600).
Teenage photographer, Mike Mitchell, captured the images on February 11, 1964 during the band’s historic show at the Washington Coliseum. The negatives had been stored for years in a box in Mitchell’s basement. |
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Hollywood screening of Beatles’ first American concert
Written by admin on January 13, 2011 – 10:48 pm -On February 11, Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater will screen the complete American concert debut of The Beatles, with special guests The Beach Boys and Lesley Gore.
This is the first time the film has been seen in its entirety since the four nationwide closed-circuit screenings which took place over two weekends in March 1964.
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