{"id":31423,"date":"2025-02-11T18:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-feb-11-1964-the-beatles-played-their-first-concert-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:02:24","slug":"on-this-day-feb-11-1964-the-beatles-played-their-first-concert-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-feb-11-1964-the-beatles-played-their-first-concert-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Feb. 11, 1964: The Beatles played their first concert in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-11\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p>On This Day, Feb. 11, 1964 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Beatles<\/strong> played their first show in the U.S. at the Washington Coliseum,\u00a0performing 12 songs, including \u201cI Want To Hold Your Hand,\u201d \u201cShe Loves You\u201d an \u201cTwist and Shout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of screaming fans showed up for the concert, which resulted in over 350 police being dispatched to the show.<\/p>\n<p>The Beatles played their show in the round and wound up pausing the\u00a0concert several times to turn <strong>Ringo<\/strong> <strong>Starr<\/strong>\u2019s drum riser so everyone in the audience got a chance to see him.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, held two days after the band made their TV debut on <em>The Ed Sullivan Show<\/em>, was filmed and telecast in U.S. theaters that March.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. 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