29 August 1966: The Beatles' final concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco | The Beatles Bible Ringo Starr Anthology The Park's capacity was 42,500, but only 25,000 tickets were sold, leaving large sections of unsold seats. Fans paid between $4.50 and $6.50 for tickets, and The Beatles' fee was around $90,000. The show's promoter was local company Tempo Productions. The Beatles took 65% of the gross, the city of San Francisco took 15% of paid admissions and were given 50 free tickets. This arrangement, coupled with low ticket sales and other unexpected expenses resulted in a financial loss for Tempo Productions. Candlestick Park was the home of the baseball team the San Francisco Giants. The stage was located just behind second base on the field, and was five feet high and surrounded by a six-foot high wire fence. The compère was 'Emperor' Gene Nelson of KYA 1260 AM, and the support acts were, in order of appearance, The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes.

The show began at 8pm. I was the MC, and, as any Giants fans will know, Candlestick Park in August, at night, was cold, foggy and windy. The funniest thing this night was one of the warm-up acts, Bobby Hebb. He stood up on the stage at Candlestick Park, with the fog, and the wind blowing, and he was singing 'Sunny'! It was tough anyway to work a ballpark as an MC, especially as The Beatles were taking their time to get out. I was trying to entertain a crowd that was shouting, 'Beatles, Beatles, Beatles.' The dressing room was chaos. There were loads of people there. The press tried to get passes for their kids and the singer Joan Baez was in there. Any local celebrity, who was in town, was in the dressing room. They were having a party in there. They were having a perfectly wonderful time, while I was freezing my buns off on second base!

'Emperor' Gene Nelson The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman The Beatles took to the stage at 9.27pm, and performed 11 songs: Rock And Roll Music , She's A Woman , If I Needed Someone , Day Tripper , Baby's In Black , I Feel Fine , Yesterday , I Wanna Be Your Man , Nowhere Man , Paperback Writer and Long Tall Sally . The group knew it was to be their final concert. Recognising its significance, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took a camera onto the stage, with which they took pictures of the crowd, the rest of the group, and themselves at arm's length. Before one of the last numbers, we actually set up this camera, I think it had a fisheye, a wide-angle lens. We set it up on the amplifier and Ringo came off the drums, and we stood with our backs to the audience and posed for a photograph, because we knew that was the last show. George Harrison The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman As The Beatles made their way to Candlestick Park, Paul McCartney asked their press officer Tony Barrow to make a recording of the concert on audio cassette, using a hand-held recorder.

The cassette lasted 30 minutes on each side, and, as Barrow didn't flip it during the show, the recording cut off during final song Long Tall Sally . There was a sort of end of term spirit thing going on, and there was also this kind of feeling amongst all of us around The Beatles, that this might just be the last concert that they will ever do. I remember Paul, casually, at the very last minute, saying, 'Have you got your cassette recorder with you?' and I said, 'Yes, of course.' Paul then said, 'Tape it will you? Tape the show,' which I did, literally just holding the microphone up in the middle of the field. As a personal souvenir of the occasion, it was a very nice thing to have and the only difference was that it wasn't a spectacular occasion. It was nothing like Shea Stadium, there was nothing special about it at all, except that The Beatles did put in extra ad-libs and link material which they hadn't put in before on any other occasion. Tony Barrow The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman Barrow gave the original tape of the Candlestick Park concert to McCartney.

He also made a single copy, which was kept in a locked drawer in Barrow's office desk. The recording has since become widely circulated on bootlegs, although quite how is not known. At San Francisco airport, as our plane prepared to take off, Paul's head came over the top of my seat from the row behind: 'Did you get anything on tape?' I passed the cassette recorder back to him: 'I got the lot, except that the tape ran out in the middle of Long Tall Sally.' He asked if I had left the machine running between numbers to get all the announcements and the boys' ad lib remarks. I said: 'It's all there from the guitar feedback before the first number.' Paul was clearly chuffed to have such a unique souvenir of what would prove to be an historic evening - the farewell stage show from the Fab Four. Back in London I kept the concert cassette under lock and key in a drawer of my office desk, making a single copy for my personal collection and passing the original to Paul for him to keep. Years later my Candlestick Park recording re-appeared in public as a bootleg album.

If you hear a bootleg version of the final concert that finishes during Long Tall Sally it must have come either from Paul's copy or mine, but we never did identify the music thief! Tony Barrow Barry Tuesday 29 May 2012 Correction.1260 is an AM frequency, not an FM frequency. It was KYA 1260 AM, not FM. Reply Andrew Kemp Tuesday 23 October 2012 I’ve listened closely to Paul’s introduction to Long Tall Sally and I think there’s an important part you’ve left out (although you and others may not hear what I hear): “…And we’d like to ask you to join in and, er, clap, sing, talk, in fact, go home, no, do anything. Anyway, the song is… good night.” Yep – I think they’re so fed up he even says, a little off mic, “in fact, go home”. The remarks from the stage in this show really show where they were at at this time. Just sick of the screaming and pointlessness of live performing when no one even listened.

Reply ken murphy Saturday 24 November 2012 I took my wife of 43 years to this concert on our first date. I remember they wore kelly green suits and white socks, which was not cool in those days. You really couldn’t hear them through all the screaming. It also seemed to me that they ended early, maybe fed up with everything. I didn’t realize till the late 90’s that it was their last performance. Reply eric plant Thursday 7 February 2013 WHERE WHERE WHERE can I find a pic of the beatles with their backs to the crowd they took onstage???? I’ve seen them in documentaries but can find a single pic online! HELP!! Matt Monday 18 March 2013 One Of Johns Pictures from Candlestick Park. Reply Tomaji Monday 2 September 2013 It’s weird that Ringo (supposedly) said that about John, when it was GEORGE who said he’d had enough. He hated flying and they almost got killed when an engine caught fire on one flight during that tour.

He said, “After this gig, I’m no longer a Beatle”…and that at least got the all thinking about it for sure. Reply Brian Monday 14 October 2013 On the one hand, one can be surprised that the final Beatle concert did not sell-out…on the other hand, consider lousy weather, crummy sound system, and the Fab Four performing an 11 song set, I’d say those not attending did not miss much, outside of the historic significance. Reply Arthur Silva Friday 2 May 2014 I was 10, My aunt and uncle was leaving for London, mom and dad said my brother and I where going to the airport to say good by, Did not want to go but this is my story, Arrived there to see all these girls screaming, we where following our parents to an area of the airport that was under construction, all first class passengers where there, My aunt and uncle and yes George, Paul, John and Ringo, I wonder if they remember me or even this requirement due to the crowded airport, yes I was the last to see this group together in this country. P.S.

Uncle and aunt said they where 4 of the rudest bastards they ever met. (Remember they spent the flight time between states and London together, They where Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hickey) Should would like to shake Paul’s hand as the last to say good by in 1966. Back then the older people didn’t like long hair or load music, and 4 young men who had fame felt they could say and do anything of course, FAME and YOUTH, even today, can cause trouble along with lack of respect for others, as we have seen. P.S. Broke my first ankle wearing Beatle Boots…….Remember…….. Reply Susan Friday 11 July 2014 I was at that concert too – 11 years old. My father took me and my friend (who got lost in the crowd!) I remember the roar of the crowd, the excitement, the anticipation, wondering when the Beatles were going to come out on the field, and the decoy car that drove around and around on the field–everyone thought the Beatles were going to jump out of the car, and of course they didn’t.

The screaming was so loud we couldn’t hear a thing but it didn’t matter. I was madly in love with George at that time. Even seeing the band from a distance was thrilling. I’ll always love my dad for taking me to that concert. Reply John Tuesday 5 August 2014 I was there. Fifteen years old…on my first date with a girl named Cheri. My Parents drove us. I still have the ticket stub & the memories. I even stole a kiss off my date. Years later in 1969, I was in London & made my way to EMI Studios where The Beatles recorded….right on the blvd. Abbey Road. I ended up meeting Paul, George,Ringo & their producer George Martin. I was eighteen… and have to admit…quite a thrill. I remember where I was & the exact moment when I heard The Beatles from a little hand held transistor radio for the first time. Reply Ron Nasty Sunday 17 August 2014 According to this article there was a reason only 25,000 of the 42,500 seats were filled.

I’m not sure I’ve read this before but, according to Raechel Donahue (wife of the late KYA DJ Tom Donahue, who co-managed Tempo Productions), the City of San Francisco’s Parks and Recreation Department only licensed the show for 25,000 tickets, not allowing any tickets for the bleachers to be sold. Provided her memory is right, despite the thousands of empty seats, every ticket was sold. I wonder whether this explains some of the seemingly low attendances at some of 1966 US shows, that local authorities were limiting how many thousands of screaming girls they wanted to cope with? Reply Janet Friday 29 August 2014 I was lucky to have a good seat stage right with my two best friends (who are BTW still so) We could see thier facial expressions clearly. The most amazing memory I have is that when Paul sang Yesterday there were only two girls screaming in the intire stadium. We could actually HEAR the music! Reply AT Press Monday 1 September 2014 I saw them earlier on the same tour, at Shea Stadium (excuse me, at Che Stadium) in NYC. Yes, the screaming girls…and boys.

The Ronettes (not the Shirelles) could have headlined in New York. The Cyrkle began with the intro of “Red Rubber Ball” but turned it into their followup song, “Turn Down Day.” Of course I had no idea that it was the Beatles’ final tour. I was impressed that they attempted to tune their guitars between songs. And that they did their current single, “Paperback Writer,” despite how complex the recorded harmonies were. It’s a night I will remember forever and ever. Thanks, my Fab friends. I still squee when “Please Please Me” comes on the radio! Reply Fred Garten Monday 29 September 2014 Hey I stumbled onto this site by chance. To see if their were any interest and value to an old Suite Case full of Teen Magazines, News Paper Clippings, Published Photo’s etc.etc. From a Teen Collector back in the Day. I am truly Blown Away about how to date So Many People are still impacted by this Event. I had a very close friend recently pass away that was at the Show. She took Very Detailed Notes and wrote a 40 page account off what took place thru her eyes.

She had kept all items related to Event from Ticket Stub to the Hand Held AM Radio, Binoculars, etc. As a matter of fact I think she kept every News Article and Magazine ever produced about The Boys. My Friend went on to become a High School English Teacher for 28 years.(as well as other accomplishments ) I am wondering if their is an interest in all this paperwork or even possibly making into a short book for all to enjoy. She would have loved to be able to have shared her account and possibly impact a few people thru her eyes. Rest in Piece my Friend ! Cheers, Reply Marc Tuesday 7 October 2014 I was 12 years old when my mom got tickets for me and my 14 year old brother to go see the Beatles at Candlestick. As soon as the Beatles came out everyone stood up which left me, and all other short people, at a disadvantage. There was a young lady in front of me, about 20 years old, who jumped and screamed for the whole show and she would occasionally turn and apologize to me. Finally a guy behind me grabbed me under the arm pits and hoisted me up so my feet were on the back of my seat. I could see the Beatles.

It truly was a crazy day. Reply John Sharkey Sunday 15 March 2015 I was there at Candlestick Park on Monday, August 29, 1966 for both shows by the Beatles. I had also been at the two previous shows when the Beatles played the Cow Palace. I was on John’s side of the stage about 20-30 yards back and I could see and hear everything perfectly. What amazed me, besides the hysterics of it all, was the fact that all the house lights were on and you could look around and see everyone. It’s no wonder the people behind couldn’t hear anything except the screaming, but for myself, being up-close was a big help. (I also remember some guy who came from the audience from behind the stage who got onto the stage and stole John’s cap right off his head. What a despicable person!) The set-up was quite different at Candlestick Park. Although they had a better PA than at the Cow Palace still they were quite far from the audience. It simply wasn’t possible for anyone in the audience to throw anything at them and hit their mark, they were too far away.

On Monday, May 30, 1966 Paperback Writer/Rain was released and as the musical arranger and one of the lead singers for the Syndicate of Sound we taped the songs that afternoon and learned how to play them both so I was quite familiar with the chord progressions, the harmonies, etc. That evening of May 30th we appeared with the Charlatans and the headliners ‘The Lovin’ Spoonful’ at the Greek Amphitheatre (UC Berkeley). We performed both Paperback Writer & Rain along with other songs, including our hit, ‘Little Girl’. When the Beatles played Paperback Writer on Aug. 29th they did not do the same three part harmony opening which they sang on the record. It was close but… I was shocked they did not do the identical version. After the second show I drove over to the airport where their private plane was sitting on the tarmac and waved to them as they climbed the stairs, turned around and waved back at those of us who were lucky enough to be there to say good-bye. I feel extremely lucky to have been to four (4) live performances by the Beatles. It was an experience I shall never forget.

Oh, and BTW, the Grateful Dead were in the audience at Candlestick Park too. John Sharkey 03152015 The Beatles' 1966 US tour 6 References The “More popular than Jesus” controversyedit In March 1966, Maureen Cleave interviewed John Lennon and the rest of the Beatles as part of a London Evening Standard series on the theme “How Does a Beatle Live?” During the Lennon interview at Kenwood , Cleave noted Lennon’s interest in Christianity and religions, to which he replied: “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I’ll be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.” [1] [2] Although the article went largely unnoticed in the United Kingdom, the American magazine Datebook printed the quote containing Lennon’s words on the front cover of its August issue.

[3] [4] [5] Fearful of the possibility that protesters or radicals would try to kill them for their supposed “anti-Christ” stance, the group’s manager, Brian Epstein , contemplated cancelling the tour altogether. [6] However, during the tour’s stop in Chicago, he arranged for a press conference to address the controversy and for Lennon to explain himself. Lennon stated that he was only commenting on the decline among churchgoers, that he made a mistake in using the Beatles’ following in comparison with that of organised religion, and that he “never meant it as a lousy anti-religious thing”. Despite this explanation, Lennon continued to be asked about the topic in subsequent press conferences throughout the American tour, often visibly exasperating not only him, but his bandmates as well. The Memphis incidentedit Despite numerous explanations by Beatles’ press agents and Lennon’s televised apology, the Memphis city council voted to cancel the 19 August afternoon and evening concerts rather than have “municipal facilities be used as a forum to ridicule anyone’s religion”. The Ku Klux Klan nailed a Beatles LP to a wooden cross, vowing “vengeance”, and conservative groups staged further public burnings of Beatles records.

[7] [8] Despite the fact that it had originally been canceled, Epstein agreed to proceed with the concert in Memphis. Various threats were made before the concerts. Although no problems took place during the afternoon show, an audience member threw a lit firecracker onstage that did not hit any of the members, but the band believed that somebody had tried to shoot them. [6] When the firecracker went off, the Beatles’ press agent Tony Barrow recalled that “everybody, all of us at the side of the stage, including the three Beatles on stage, all looked immediately at John Lennon. We would not at that moment have been surprised to see that guy go down. John had half-heartedly joked about the Memphis concert in an earlier press conference, and when we got there everything seemed to be controlled and calm, but underneath somehow, there was this nasty atmosphere.

It was a very tense and pressured kind of day.” [9] Set listedit Lasting between 30 and 40 minutes per show, the typical set list was as follows (with lead singers appropriately noted): “ Long Tall Sally ” (McCartney) None of the songs from the group’s most recent LP, Revolver , released only days before the start of the tour on 5 August 1966, were performed, nor was the group’s concurrent US single, “ Eleanor Rigby “/” Yellow Submarine “. Four of the songs from the US-only Yesterday and Today , released on 20 June 1966, were the most-recently released songs performed. “If I Needed Someone” was the most recent US released song (appearing on Yesterday and Today in June 1966) and “Paperback Writer” was the most recent US released single (released in May 1966) performed. The three remaining tracks performed from Yesterday and Today were previously released in 1965 and early 1966 as singles.

Tour datesedit Candlestick Park (The Beatles’ final concert) The Beatles’ final concertedit The Beatles made an unannounced live appearance on the roof of their London Apple office at Savile Row on 30 January 1969, but their final paid live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. Only 25,000 tickets were sold despite the fact that Candlestick Park has a capacity for 42,500 people. A local company called Tempo Productions was in charge of the arrangement and due to the low ticket sales and other expenses this concert resulted in a loss for them. At 9:27 pm, the Beatles finally took the stage and proceeded to play eleven songs: “Rock And Roll Music”, “She’s A Woman”, “If I Needed Someone”, “Day Tripper”, “Baby’s In Black”, “I Feel Fine”, “Yesterday”, “I Wanna Be Your Man”, “Nowhere Man”, “Paperback Writer” and “Long Tall Sally”. Knowing that this would be their last concert, members of the band took measures of their own to capture their last moments on stage.

Each brought a camera and McCartney asked Beatles’ press agent Tony Barrow to successfully make a rough audio tape recording from the field. The recording of this final concert is now widely circulated on bootlegs. “Long Tall Sally” on the bootlegs is not complete, as Barrow did not flip the tape over during the show then the song was cut off. Barrow gave the original tape of the Candlestick Park concert to McCartney. He also made a single copy, which was kept in a locked drawer in Barrow’s office desk. After the show, the Beatles were quickly taken to the airport in an armoured car. They flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles, arriving at 12:50 am. During the flight George Harrison was heard to exclaim: “That’s it, then. I’m not a Beatle anymore.” Referencesedit Listen to cassette recording of The Beatles’ final concert at Candlestick Park | Consequence of Sound The No. 1 Source For Breaking Music and Film Headlines Listen to cassette recording of The Beatles’ final concert at Candlestick Park Reddit Yesterday, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Beatles and Bob Dylan meeting for the very first time (aka, the day the Fab Four smoked their first joint).

Today, we look back on another historical moment in the legendary group’s career: their final concert, which took place 48 years ago on August 29th, 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. (While they did perform together later in January 1969 on the rooftop of their label, Apple, the event was unannounced and thus, not considered an “official concert”.) The Beatles’ last show in Candlestick Park, then home to the San Francisco Giants, featured an 11-song set over the course of about 30 minutes. Among the hits played were “She’s a Woman”, “Day Tripper”, “I Feel Fine”, “Yesterday”, and “Paperback Writer”. Tickets for the event cost only about $4.50 to $6.50 a piece, and unbelievably enough, only a little more than half of the venue’s 42,500 seats were sold. (What even … ?) As the band knew it would be their final proper concert together, John Lennon and Paul McCartney reportedly brought a camera onto the stage with them to take photos of the crowd and personally document the momentous occasion.

The Beatles had also requested their press officer, Tony Barrow, to record the concert on cassette. However, since the tape could only hold 30 minutes on each side and Barrow forgot to turn it over towards the end of the set, the closing song (“Long Tall Sally”) was never recorded in full. It’s unknown just how that recording was distributed and bootlegged — to this day only two tapes (the original and one copy) were known to have been made — but, boy, are we lucky that it did. Below, listen to the audio from that very special night, followed by a lengthy and detailed account of the show and a few of the events that came before and after it, including George Harrison saying on their flight out of San Francisco: “That’s it, then. I’m not a Beatle anymore.” 01. 00:00 “Rock and Roll Music” 02. 01:39 “She’s a Woman” 03. 04:52 “If I Needed Someone” 04. 07:52 “Day Tripper” 05. 10:58 “Baby’s In Black” 06.

13:43 “I Feel Fine” 07. 16:24 “Yesterday” 08. 19:06 “I Wanna Be Your Man” 09. 21:45 “Nowhere Man” 10. 24:33 “Paperback Writer” 11. 27:19 “Long Tall Sally” (Incomplete) Although they made an unannounced live appearance in January 1969 on the rooftop of the Apple building, The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The Park’s capacity was 42,500, but only 25,000 tickets were sold, leaving large sections of unsold seats. Fans paid between $4.50 and $6.50 for tickets, and The Beatles’ fee was around $90,000. The show’s promoter was local company Tempo Productions. The Beatles took 65% of the gross, the city of San Francisco took 15% of paid admissions and were given 50 free tickets.

This arrangement, coupled with low ticket sales and other unexpected expenses resulted in a financial loss for Tempo Productions. Candlestick Park was the home of the baseball team the San Francisco Giants. The stage was located just behind second base on the field, and was five feet high and surrounded by a six-foot high wire fence. The compère was ‘Emperor’ Gene Nelson of KYA AM 1260, and the support acts were, in order of appearance, The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes. The show began at 8pm. The Beatles took to the stage at 9.27pm, and performed 11 songs: Rock And Roll Music, She’s A Woman, If I Needed Someone, Day Tripper, Baby’s In Black, I Feel Fine, Yesterday, I Wanna Be Your Man, Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer and Long Tall Sally. The group knew it was to be their final concert. Recognising its significance, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took a camera onto the stage, with which they took pictures of the crowd, the rest of the group, and themselves at arm’s length.

As The Beatles made their way to Candlestick Park, Paul McCartney asked their press officer Tony Barrow to make a recording of the concert on audio cassette, using a hand-held recorder. The cassette lasted 30 minutes on each side, and, as Barrow didn’t flip it during the show, the recording cut off during final song Long Tall Sally. Barrow gave the original tape of the Candlestick Park concert to McCartney. He also made a single copy, which was kept in a locked drawer in Barrow’s office desk. The recording has since become widely circulated on bootlegs, although quite how is not known. The final show saw perhaps a slightly more energetic performance than usual from The Beatles, and was longer than their usual 20-25 minute duration. They barely paused between songs, although their on-stage patter was notably looser and less scripted than normal. Particularly revealing are McCartney’s comments before Paperback Writer, during which he questions the group’s future; and Long Tall Sally, which may have carried a veiled reference to the withdrawn ‘butcher’ artwork for Yesterday… And Today. Just before leaving the stage, John Lennon teasingly played the opening bars of In My Life, before running off to join the rest of the group backstage.

The Beatles were quickly taken to the airport in an armoured car. They flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles, arriving at 12.50am. During the flight George Harrison was heard to exclaim: “That’s it, then. I’m not a Beatle anymore.” 12 August 1966: Live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago | The Beatles Bible Reply Debbie Sunday 2 October 2011 August 12,1966 was my 13th birthday and this was just a FABULOUS way to enter my “teens.” I screamed, I cried, and had the best time ever! It is a memory that I will NEVER forget. I can still see the Beatles on the stage..it was incredible. I am now 58 years old, still love The Beatles, see Paul McCartney any chance that I can..he is just AWESOME!

I am so happy that I can now tell my 18 month old twin grand-girlies about The Beatles…they say “Yeah Yeah Yeah!.” Life is good 😉 Reply Barbara Friday 5 September 2014 I was there on this date 50 years ago, neither saw them nor heard them, but I was there. Best day of my life !! Reply Beatle Bob Friday 10 April 2015 Attended this concert out of Mpls/St Paul via a promotion sponsored by top 40 station KDWB in conjunction with Burlington RR. Billed as the “Bobby Wayne Swing Train” the first 50 to call in were sent to Chicago on the fast Morning Zephyr train. I was one of 5 guys and 45 crazed Beatle girls and DJ Bobby Wayne and the RR senior psgr agent as chaperones. The excitement and anticipation aboard was electric. Beatlemania at its finest. Even the regular passengers sensed they were part of something big. Coming into the Chicago area,one of the girls tuned in a transistor radio to WLS I think,and the whole city was abuzz.

All this for 29.95.(the round trip train fare Mpls-Chicago was 22.00 then). So for the balance of 7.95,we got dinner nearby and the concert. Try that today! To top it off,a wireservice reporter took a picture of the group at the concert and to our surprise was on the front page of a section in the Mpls paper next day Aug 13 “twin cites teens in Chicago see Beatles.” A great memory of 49 years ago of the best rock act ever. 50 years ago coming up Aug 21 1965 also was fortunate enough for 5.50 to see them at Twins Metropolitan Stadium In Minnesota. P.S fast forward to 2013 Branson MO. You can, and I did meet George Harrison’s real sister Louise Harrison at the excellent Liverpool Legends show that she put together in Branson. Check it out if you can.She is there and will sign memorabilia. Reply Jonas Svensson, Göteborg Tuesday 4 August 2015 I don´t think that I´m down was performed at all in the US in 1966.

There are a few film clips, and -if the corresponding sound is authentic- we can hear bits of Long tall Sally in Chicago and Cleveland. And there are audio tapes from Toronto, Boston, Memphis (both shows), St.Louis and San Francisco which all include Long tall Sally. I am not sure whether it can be heard in the background during “Beatles fans at Shea” though, haven´t heard it for a long time. Also, there are is no trace of any organ on stage, that would have been used for I´m down, in any of the photos from that tour that I have seen. So may I humbly suggest that either evidence suggesting I´m down ever being used is brought forward, or the set list is adjusted accordingly throughout the 1966 US tour dates. Thanks. Reply Glenn Christensen Wednesday 27 January 2016 My cousin and i went to the evening show. We were lucky because i sent in for tickets fairly late but we got seats in the first few rows in the balcony on John’s side very close to the band, as opposed to being in the back on the main floor. We could see them and most importantly, hear them very well.

I wouldn’t have known it at the time but now I look back on the show as one of my life’s highlights. Reply Mary Urban Sunday 18 September 2016 I was at the afternoon show, it was wonderful. You could hear them just fine. I remember we sat in the 59th row and I stood on my chair waving a white sweater, screaming Paul’s name and crying through the whole thing. I was 13. I remember those green curtains behind them; the Beatles were peeking out of them during the Ronnettes set and everyone started screaming. I also remember a man walking up and down the aisle selling coke, he kept blocking peoples’ view and a bunch of people finally tackled him and made him stop walking up and down the aisle. Reply Margaret Couch Wednesday 23 November 2016 What a great memory of being there seeing my idols. We took the Rock Island Rocket to Chicago from Peoria. I remember security asking everyone if they had a flash camera because all the lights nearly blinded the guys as they’d come on stage. We hid ours in our purses and got some great pictures from our 15th row seats.

I recall the Beatles once said they considered not touring any longer because no one could hear them because of all the screaming and they couldn’t hear what they were playing or singing. Beatles concert - Shea Stadium New York, August 23, 1966 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr Photo Gallery by Tony G at pbase.com Beatles concert - Shea Stadium New York, August 23, 1966 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr $5 bucks to see the show. The best seats were $5.75 These shots were transparencies taken on Kodachrome II, with my old Agfa SLR. (Agfaflex III - purchased in '65 to photograph the NY Worlds Fair). These are scans of the original slides. Obviously the quality of these pics leaves a lot to be desired, but I wanted to share with the PBase community and any Beatles fans out there. Enjoy. Tg .. What songs did they play? Here is the Setlist: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Rock And Roll Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . 2. She's A Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. If I Needed Someone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Day Tripper . . . . . . North American Tour Schedule - August 12-29, 1966. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 12. . . Chicago, International Amphitheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 13. . . Detroit, Olympia Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 14. . . Cleveland, Cleveland Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 15. . . Washington D.C, DC Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 16. . . Philadelphia, Philadelphia Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 17. . . Toronto Canada, Maple Leaf Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.August 18. . . Boston, Suffolk Downs Racetrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 19. . . Memphis, Mid-South Coloseum . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 21. . . (afternoon). . . Cincinnati, Crosley Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 21 . . .(evening) . . . St.Louis, Busch Studium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 23. . . New York(Queens), Shea Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 25. . . Seattle, Seattle Coliseum . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 28. . . Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 29. . . San Francisco, Candle Stick Park (LAST EVER PUBLIC PERFORMANCE) The opening acts were: . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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attendance: .......................... 44,600 The Beatles at Candlestick in 1966: An oral history from the fans - The Big Event The Big Event The Beatles at Candlestick in 1966: An oral history from the fans By Peter Hartlaub on August 10, 2014 at 12:19 PM beatles10 The Beatles play at Candlestick on Aug. 29, 1966. (Chronicle file) Last month, The Big Event and the San Francisco Chronicle started searching for readers who went to the Aug. 29, 1966, The Beatles show at Candlestick Park . The concert, the last commercial show for the Beatles, is arguably the most famous musical event in Bay Area history. More than three dozen came forward, many with heartfelt and funny stories. Some are returning to see Paul McCartney’s Farewell to Candlestick event this Thursday.

Aidin Vaziri, editor Sue Adolphson and I put together a very cool package in today’s Sunday Datebook about the 1966 show, filling the Pink section with trivia, a set list, images by rock photographer Jim Marshall and memories from several fans who were there. Below is a longer oral history of the event with more of their words and less of mine. (All were young Beatles fans at the time of the show, unless specified otherwise.) * * * The Beatles show was announced early in the summer — the band’s first appearance in the Bay Area since a 1965 visit to the Cow Palace. The Candlestick show was the end of a controversial tour that included John Lennon’s famous “more popular than Jesus” remark. Fans had no idea at the time, but the Candlestick tour finale was the last commercial show the band would perform together. SUSAN KOOP: I was a newly minted teen and had been crazy out of my mind about the Beatles since 1964.

By 1966 I’d carved John’s name with a buck knife in my mother’s antique desk and sent away $2 to Clearasil without the two required boxtops explaining in a note that I was too young to have zits yet but would still treasure the faux-canvas portrait of the Beatles they were selling. They sent me one. NANCY SITTON: On August 11, 1966, I correctly identified the song being played on KYA as “Love You To,” thus winning two tickets to The Beatles concert at Candlestick. Being only 14 at the time, my mother said I couldn’t go unless I got two more tickets so that my older sister and her husband could take me and my younger brother. So the next day KYA played “Till There Was You” and I had my brother call and win two more tickets. … JOE NESBITT: A new friend and I bought our $5.00 tickets (I don’t remember where we got them in that pre-Ticketron era), and rode the Greyhound bus from Monterey to downtown San Francisco.

We took a Yellow cab from Market Street out to the ‘Stick; the fare was $3 plus a 50 cent tip. beatles18 Terry Dilbeck’s unused Beatles ticket. (Photo: Brant Ward/The Chronicle) DAN ORTH: I had just graduated from Piedmont High School and then turned 18 on July 27, 1966. The original girl I was planning to take to the concert told me about 48 hours beforehand she wouldn’t be able to go. I told my parents who then told our very nice neighbors up the street on Lexford Road. Our neighbors then contacted their very beautiful, debutante-like niece, my age, who did go to the concert with me. She had attended another high school in the Bay Area … MAUREEN PRICE: I had been possessed by the Beatles since that night when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. My dad knew that this was the ultimate gift for his 13 year old daughter. So he scored a ticket from the butcher – one ticket. For me. I don’t know why he didn’t get two and come with me but he didn’t. He drove me there though and dutifully waited in the parking lot until the concert was over.

Some of the most memorable, and often entertaining, stories involved the Beatles fans who didn’t get to go to the show. We heard from several, after our story about Terry Dilbeck ran . NORMAN MASLOV: I’m a third generation San Franciscan and like many my age, got sucked into the Beatles after seeing them on the Ed Sullivan Show. I was a bit too young for their first Cow Palace shows but I always figured I would seen them eventually … One one monday afternoon, August 29th, 1966, my friend Dany Walker rang our doorbell at around 4:30 PM. Dany was the lead singer in our band and his father was George Walker, a San Francisco criminal attorney. He had given Dany two tickets to see that Beatles that night. One would be mine if my parents would drive us to the Stick. I so vividly remember asking my mother if I could go and her reply still reverberates to this day, “ sorry but you have a drum lesson tonight, if we cancel it in less than 24 hours, we have to pay for it. You can go next year.” That show at Candlestick Park was their last ever concert.

The Beatles never toured again. I no longer play the drums. My mother is no longer living. ELLIE SEGAL: In the summer of 1966 I was a starving intern at Kaiser Hospital, and every morning I would dial into the local radio station for their giveaway of two tickets to the final Beatles concert. One day, I was the 12th and winning caller and was absolutely thrilled. But, sad to say, I developed a fever of 104 degrees and was hospitalized the day before the concert. So I gave my tickets to a fellow intern and another friend, who went to the concert and bought me a Beatles record album as a thank you (I still have it.) DOMONIC SIGILLO: (I was) born in The City and worked at the ‘Stick for many years. The night the Beatles were to play my older brother Joe said we should go out and work it. I told him “You go,” because I was low on the totem pole and would get either cold soda or hot coffee to vend. Little did anyone know this was to be the last time they would play together. I did see them later on when they played at the Cow Palace but never all of them together.

I have always regretted not going out that night to the ‘Stick. Beatles Beatles fans at Candlestick Park in 1966 (AP photo/ Fred Pardini) CYNTHIA STEINBERG: When I started bugging my parents to buy me a ticket to the Beatles concert, they gave me a choice: I could either spend two fun filled weeks away at Girl Scouts camp, or just a single evening at some concert that I’ll probably never remember the name of the band, or why I liked them. Yes, I made the worst boneheaded decision of my life, and spent two miserable weeks at camp, and have been regretful ever since. On the bright side, this tale gave my daughters hours of laughs and teasing. SUSAN KOOP: My brother Jerry suggested that we stay awake and try late at night when the call volume was bound to be down. The first night we tried from midnight to 5 a.m. without luck. The second night I lasted until around 3 a.m before passing out cold on my bed. I was awakened by Jerry leaping and screaming that he’d won by getting through and picking John’s name. … I was beyond ecstatic.

Then Jerry broke it to me that our partnership had dissolved the minute I went to sleep and that the tickets were now his and that he planned on taking his new girlfriend. And that’s exactly what he did. Fans went with friends, cousins, dates and very patient parents. One reader got to see The Beatles in person. JACKIE BANGO: I can remember that night as if it were last week. We planned for weeks what we were going to wear and how we would get to Candlestick Park. We took a Muni bus from North Beach as my Aunt and Uncle followed us in their car. They had seats in another area of the park. My mom made us chicken soup knowing that it might help calm our anxious stomachs! I don’t think anything could help to calm us. ANDREA CAMPOS: I was there with my cousins. We were 12,13,14,15 years old and took the bus from North Beach to the concert. It was a Beatles Special bus! JEANNE BROWN: There was a lot of traffic on the approach on 101. Alongside the bay with Candlestick in sight, the car broke down.

We were all out of the car with Sue and myself in a state of panic. A car load of teenagers pulled over and offered to give us a ride. My uncle and dad seemed happy to let us go with these strangers so off we went. I don’t think that would have happened if our moms had been there. … GUS THAM: I was one of the batboys and my brother a clubhouse attendant for the Giants that season, and the Beatles used the visiting team clubhouse as their dressing room prior to the show. All of us, myself, my brother Brad, and several of the other batboys, spent the afternoon prepping the room for their arrival, and then were shuffled out, with the promise of a quick photo op before the show. … beatles10 Gus Tham, Ringo Starr and siblings at the concert. (Photo: Jim Marhsall, courtesy Gus Tham) GUS THAM: We had some good laughs with The Beatles, with Ringo being the most outgoing with us, getting programs signed by all four, and my sister getting a baseball signed by all four.

There is actually quite an urban legend around how many baseballs The Beatles signed during that final stadium tour, and autographed Beatle baseballs from that tour are like the Holy Grail for collectors. … I remember Joan Baez and a few others being there, but as the time of the show approached, it did start to get pretty crowded so it was time to get out and go find a spot to watch the show, which ended up being the visitors dugout, along the third baseline, safe and out of the way. … Anticipation for the show was huge. But fans had to wait for a seemingly endless string of opening acts to finish. JOE NESBITT: The support acts included The Remains, who I don’t remember at all, The Cyrkle, an American band managed by Brian Epstein with a dorky radio single called “Red Rubber Ball.” (There was also) Bobby Hebb, with his huge summertime hit, the classic “Sunny,” and the Ronettes, the only female act ever to tour with the Beatles — minus lead singer Ronnie Bennett, whose jealous future husband Phil Spector wouldn’t let her travel with the tour. Ronnie was replaced by cousin Elaine Mayes.

ANN MONSON: Looking at the photos it’s hard to believe how empty the stadium was. I do remember that Candlestick had only the stadium around the infield, the remainder of the stadium had not been built. NANCY SITTON: I still have two of the tickets: Gate A Section 21 Row 9 seats 17 & 18. They were nose bleed seats in upper bleachers on the first base line. It was typically cold and windy but I didn’t mind at all. JIM NESBITT: The Beatles emerged from the Giants’ dugout and walked up the stairs to the high stage straddling second base. From my seat in the lower deck between 3rd base and home plate, I could clearly see everything onstage through binoculars. The Beatles wore matching dark green suits, white shirts with a bright green print design, and their famous Beatle boots, except for George Harrison, who, inexplicably, wore black loafers with white socks. … Beatles_144_3.jpg The Beatles played on a platform behind second base. (Photo: Chronicle file) JEANNE BROWN: When they finally got on the stage, no one in our section was screaming.

Sue and I looked at each other and decided to get things started. We jumped and screamed for their 30 minutes on the stage. ERNIE VASQUEZ: My seats were wonderful — right behind home plate. The Beatles started playing and I immediately started screaming just like all the other teenage girls. The truth is I did not really feel like screaming but I did scream all throughout the concert. The concert was short, the sound system was awful and the boys were not very personable. Even at that time, I knew the concert was not very good, but I also knew I had attended something very very special. Believe me when I say, if you put on a concert like that today, you would be laughed right out of the park. JIM LUCAS: People say you couldn’t hear them. But that is rubbish. Not only could you hear them, they were spot on harmonically at a time before floor monitors and the high tech gadgetry groups perform with today. DAN ORTH: The sound on this 3rd base side of the stadium was not at all good.

And the never-ending screaming and yelling of the girl Beatles fans drowned out the entire sound (singing and instruments) of the Beatles performance.And I’ll never forget how short the Beatles performance was.It clocked in at a very short 30 minutes or so. But I was very excited to just be there with the one-and-only Beatles! It is very interesting to note that I found out from a Facebook friend who attended this show, the sound was much, much better on the first base side of Candlestick. This was because the winds of Candlestick this very historic evening blew towards the first-base side of the stadium. NANCY SITTON: From the notes I took after the concert: “George was rather hoarse and sang “If I Needed Someone” too slowly. Rumored that in LA someone stepped on his foot with a spiked heel. Played guitar casually but well. John was very pale and weak in voice. He waved to the boys who climbed the center field fence and ran toward the stage. Barely heard him. Paul was great! He was always clowning and waving to the fans. His mike once went way down and he went down with it. Then he went back up with it.

Said “It’s a bit chilly out here.” and “Sorry about the weather.” and “This is our last song. We want you to join in or whatever – clap or such with us.” Sitton’s notes, written a day after the concert. (Courtesy Nancy Sitton) Ira Bray was one of the “boys who climbed the center field fence.” He said the act wasn’t premeditated. IRA BRAY: There was about thirty of us as best I can recollect. We could see the back of the bandstand setup on second base. All that was between us and that was the center field fence, guarded by three or so security men. We were grouped at the top of the hill, just below the scoreboard so we could see over the fence. Once the Beatles came on and started playing a strange thing happened. The group started moving closer to the fence one section at a time, first the group on the left, then the group on the right, then the center group. It was the perfect maneuver to divide and conquer the three security guards. At some point, and I don’t remember exactly when or why, there was a charge towards the fence and guys started climbing over it.

I couldn’t help myself, I darted up as well and quickly made it up and over and on to the field. The goal was right in front of us, make it to second base, sit down in front of the band and watch the concert, just like we were at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park! Screaming teens, a quick show and lots of empty seats were three strong memories shared by fans. The concert lasted just 33 minutes. MAUREEN PRICE: My seat was in the first row on the third base line. The Ronettes warmed up the crowd and there was a trailer out on the pitching mound area where the stage was. Every time there was motion detected from inside the trailer screams would go up around the stadium. The Beatles were in there – waiting to come out! … I got as close as I possibly could – sitting above the dugout, feet dangling, waiting to catch the first glimpse of the first Beatle alighting from the trailer. It was almost time … the announcer was getting the crowd ready, all eyes on the trailer, decibel level rising … when … the Beatles walked out from below my feet! They had been in the dugout the whole time! I almost jumped!

… I hesitated … I thought again and then the moment passed. It was too late. They were too far now headed for the stage. My one chance at a fateful meeting with Paul gone. The concert was a blur of music, screaming, hysteria, crying. Exhilarating! ELLIE SEGAL: They said the screaming from the teenagers in front of them was so loud they couldn’t hear a word being sung. They finally tapped one of the girls on the shoulder and asked whether she might want to hear what the Beatles were singing. She looked at them disdainfully and said “If I wanted to hear them I would buy their album.” OLLIE WELCH: I was standing next to a “teenie-bopper.” A reporter asked her why she was sobbing, and she said, “Because I love Paul, and I can’t tell him.” IRA BRAY: I was escorted off the field by two officers. As they did so I felt a sudden rush of pride at having tried such an audacious act, heard the screaming from the stands and gave a lusty wave to those who I thought were cheering us on. Once off the field a discussion began between the officers.

All I remember were the words, “… take him down to the station …” Terrible words to my ears, the thought of my Father getting a call to come bail his son out of jail was simply more than I could handle. Luckily, fathers themselves to teenagers I imagine, they saw the intended effect of the their words and instead gave me a gentle push out the gate with a gruff, “Don’t try to come back in!” Candlestick Goodbye 10 Things to Know The Beatles left the field in an armored truck. (Photo: Fred Pardini/AP) JACKIE BANGO: They left the stage into the armored truck and left us crying and wanting more. Some in our group said the Beatles won’t be coming back. We had read how difficult it was for them to perform live. JIM NESBITT: The show was briskly paced with a few droll comments from Lennon between songs as he and McCartney shared front man duties. The only bit of showmanship was when McCartney intro’d “I Wanna Be Your Man” and swung a boom mic around that locked into position in front of Ringo’s face just as he began singing.

The 11 song set was over in half an hour, finishing with Long Tall Sally, and Lennon promising “We’ll see you next year!” After the Beatles left, there was silence on the field, and chaos in the parking lot as thousands of teens (30 years before cell phones would become common) looked for their parents. JACKIE BANGO: After such an emotional high, there was an eerie quiet and let down feeling now that it was over. My sister, Jeannie, remembers people handing out flyers promoting a new television show coming up. It was a show called “The Monkees.” How could they! JEANNE BROWN: I don’t remember how we found our dads after the show but I do remember climbing an eight foot cyclone fence in the rush. … DENISE LEONETTI: There was a guy working on clean up that night that we went to school with. It was weird that we met up with him being as it was so big but we did. He told us that one gate was open for the cleaners to get in and we went in … and got all the cigarette butts on the stage and I took Paul McCartney’s amplifier cord. We touched the drums and everything. I’ll never forget that.

But alas, my dad told my older brother to clean up the basement. This was about 5 years later, and I had moved all my Beatles stuff to a box in the basement. Well, yeah, he threw it all out. I still tell the story to anyone who will listen. DAN ORTH: I left thousands,probably tens of thousands of dollars on the concrete grounds of Candlestick Park that very historic night. … There were literally hundreds and hundreds of ticket stubs all around us on the grounds of Candlestick Park after the end of the concert.The bulk of the crowd had already left their seats and exited the stadium before my date and I left. So I very easily saw all this gold on the ground. The reason I didn’t stoop down and help myself to a few hundred of these ticket stubs to place in the pockets of my clothes was because I felt embarrassed to do so in front of this very beautiful, very high-class girl. My very strong feelings about these Beatles Candlestick Park ticket stubs becoming very valuable collector’s items were exactly correct.

My Facebook friend who also attended this show told me to look on Ebay to see the proof that these original good-condition stubs sell for $500-plus on today’s valuable collectibles market. Several fans who write to the Chronicle are going to Paul McCartney’s concert this Thursday. JIM LUCAS: To make things come full circle, I’m taking my son to the Paul McCartney concert at Candlestick in August (my son is a very accomplished musician), so the next generation is continuing in Candlestick concerts. While my taxes run to the ’65-’66 time frame, my son loves “Revolver” and “Sgt. Pepper’s.” One more thing for fathers and sons to argue about! JEANNE BROWN: In 2012, my husband bought tickets to see Sir Paul at ATT Park. I made us both special tee shirts with a copy of my ticket stub from 1966. Yes, I have kept it all these years. Lots of people stopped to comment on the shirts. I’m attaching a photo of the ticket stub and the shirts. As for the price of tickets, well, you can see the difference!

beatles10 Keith and Jeanne Brown in 2012. (Photo: Courtesy Jeanne Brown) NORMAN MASLOV (The ex-drummer whose mother wouldn’t let him go): Aside from a few years in Menlo Park, Mill Valley and Daly City, San Francisco has been my home. I bought my home in the Inner Mission in 1991, raised my son Joseph there, but recently sold out to the techies this past winter and bought a home in Seattle for about a quarter the price. I still love San Francisco, but I was fortunate enough to spend fifty great years enjoying all she had to offer. I come back frequently for work and will be back again in August to see Paul McCartney perform at Candlestick Park. I felt it a fitting thing to do, seeing a Beatle closing down the venue where they played their final concert in the city I will always love. This August circle will finally be complete. JACKIE BANGO: We have seen him the various times he’s been in the Bay Area, but this time has a special meaning. Of course I can’t say the Beatles are back, but it is PAUL.

The only missing piece for this fifty year saga is to meet Paul and to thank him for a lifetime of joy through his special gift of music. Beatles fan Cynthia Steinberg was quoted earlier about missing the concert and going to Girl Scouts camp instead. CYNTHIA STEINBERG: But the worst, most painful part of this is that I lost my daughter last New Year’s Eve. Before she met her husband, she went to dozens of concerts with me, and by the time she hit middle school she knew every song and lyrics of the Beatles. It breaks my heart that we won’t be able to go to the last Candlestick concert to see Paul McCartney … I have no doubt that we’d be there along with my eight-year-old old grandson who’s known all the words for a few years now. Beatles songs were a huge influence in our family… I wish she was still here, singing along with every song. Susan Koop was the fan whose brother broke their “pact” and took his girlfriend to the show. SUSAN KOOP: My brother died a few years (after the 1966 concert) and only recently my mother pulled out his wallet from her closet for me to see.

Low and behold, one of the Beatles tickets was in it preserved perfectly over the decades. I now have that framed ticket in my office and it reminds me fondly of my big brother and serves as a souvenir that much younger version of myself. Ira Bray is the fan who hopped the fence. IRA BRAY: More recently reading and viewing documentaries about the concerts I came to understand that our stunt was not appreciated by the Beatles, that we in fact caused a small disruption in the concert. In an attempt at an apology I found Paul McCartney’s charity online auction for tickets to the last concert at Aid Still Required , made a donation and said that I was sorry for gate crashing and interrupting things. Maureen Price was the fan in the front row, who thought she missed her chance to meet The Beatles. MAUREEN PRICE: When I got back to the car my Dad had another surprise for me. He worked at Pan Am at the time and told me that he had been able to get permission for me to fly back to England on the plane with the Beatles that next day! I couldn’t wait to get home and talk to my mom.

I had been trying to convince her to let me shave my legs and this recent development, I thought, obviously tipped the scale on my side of the argument. I mean, how could Paul fall in love with me if I still couldn’t even get permission to shave my own legs? I was determined … and I won. I strapped on my cinnamon tinted stockings and off we went. My dad and I arrived at the airport only to find that the plane was not at the gate but out on the tarmac for security reasons – and I wasn’t going. Crushed! He immediately went to Plan B. He managed to convince the nice stewardess to bring home a souvenir for me and boy, did she! I still have the beautiful gold trimmed Pan Am dinner menu from that flight. And on the back … the autographs of all four of the Beatles. Part of the Pan Am menu, signed by The Beatles. (Courtesy Maureen Price) The show itself was not the greatest in San Francisco history, but witnesses still speak of it in mythical terms. Some fans have made “pilgrimages” to Liverpool.

JACKIE BANGO: Here we are 50 years after first hearing the Beatles and we finally kept a promise we made to each other. We always wanted to travel to England together to see all the Beatles sites. The limitations of adulthood — college, jobs, marriage, families — seemed to deter us. A year and a half ago my cousin Andrea decided it was the right time to make our childhood dream come true. This past June, Andrea, (sister) Jeannie and I visited London and Liverpool. We had a blast. The trip was more than I hoped it would be. Being in the Cavern Club and singing Beatles songs brought it all full circle. NANCY SITTON: I’m now retired and living in Mountain View. I play only classical music (I play the double bass in 3 south bay community orchestras) but I still have a soft spot for Beatles music. One of the orchestras I perform with, The Redwood Symphony, will be playing with a Beatles cover band, The White Album, in September in a repeat of a very successful show we did last year.

ANN MONSON: When people talk about concerts they have been at I can always trump them, I was at the last concert performed by the Beatles. It was a big day in my life. … GUS THAM: That evening has always stuck in all of our minds because it was just such an event. The fact that it turned out to be The Beatles last concert truly made it something even more special, but in a sense, it also represented a real beginning to many years of being close to music here in San Francisco. It was right after this that the whole scene exploded upon us, and it was just a great ride for decades after that. * * * Thanks to everyone who sent in stories — whether they made this piece or not. I wasn’t born until 1970 and had a completely different impression of this concert than the reality. It was both less and a whole lot more than the billing.

Question: In which US city did the Beatles perform their last live concert, in August 1966?
Answer: San Francisco