Bobby Hebb and the Beatles - Live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago
3.00pm, Friday 12 August 1966 (47 years ago)
http://www.beatlesbible.com/1966/08/12/live-international-amphitheatre-chicago-2/
The International Amphitheatre stood at 42nd Street and South Halsted. It became unable to attract enough large events during the 1970s and 1980s and suffered a decline. The venue was demolished in August 1999.
RARE BEATLES PROGRAM FROM THE EVENT!
Beatles USA Triangle Programme
A scarce 12-page Triangle Productions Chicago, Programme advertising a range of Promotions for the 1966 Chicago Summer Season, the first page devoted to The Beatles, showing b/w images of each Beatle & listing the support Groups (The Cyrrkle, The Ronettes, The Remains, Bobby Hebb). The Beatles feature was there to promote their forthcoming Concert in Chicago on 12th Aug 1965, this being the first date on The Beatles US Tour (this also proving to be The Beatles last ever Concert Tour). Inside the Prog are various features on others appearing in Chicago during the Summer, local Shop Ads & a nice Beatles Souvenir Towel Ad (made & sent from Ireland). The Prog is in Ex order. A fascinating Venue specific piece of Beatles Gig Memorabilia.Price: £250.00
Artist: The BeatlesYear: '1966
Category: Beatles
Format: Programme
Condition: Excellent
Reference: 65175
Chicago Sun Times,1966 - Angelfire
Beatles: A Sound Analysis
by Glenna Syse You have to see it to believe it, because it is not the kind of thing you believe by hearing.
These conclusions are not sociological, they are medical. When you plug over 10,000 young female larynxes into the Beatles' circuit, you produce a vibration that causes a disease called labyrinthitis, which is an inflammation of the inner ear that sometimes results in loss of balance. It is an ailment that seems to effect only those age 15, and that is why all the adults leaving the International Ampitheatre Friday seemed to be listing.
I am what is laughingly known as an adult, and that is why I am writing you at this angle. If you have trouble reading it, rotate the page thirty-five degrees to the right.
In the interests of equilibrium, you should know this is a review of The BEatles who gave two concerts Friday at the International Ampitheatre. The gross was $136,000.
In my memory, it is the only even I have reported upon by using paper and pencil to ask questions. I wrote a note to a fireman, "How many firemen?" Over the din, he took my pencil and wrote "100 firemen." I got my hot dog by pointing to it.
What did they sing? Well it was all over and the diminuendo left only the sounds of a few sobs. I got my answers from three fourteen-year-olds-Kathy, Sue and Pat. They said the Beatles sang "Rock 'N 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." How they know is one of the miracles of the five senses. Three shrewd young ladies they were. They expressed the belief that a concert such as this promotes record sales.Because, if you can't hear it, you go out and buy it and listen to it at home.
And, one of the girls had the final say on John Lennon's now notorious remarks.
"I'm a minister's daughter and I go to church three times a week and I love The Beatles. I think what they meant was they may be more popular than Jesus but they are not better than Jesus."
Strictly as a production, the concert was rather haphazard, except in matters of security. Two hundred Andy Frain ushers were inside along with 100 firemen and 84 Burns detectives. They formed a solid line in front of the stage and countered hysteria by flashing lights into the anguished, screaming faces.
The stage was far too small to accommodate the amplification apparently necessary for this 20th century sound.
There was a tense gap between the acts that preceded the headliners and The Beatles themselves. And, The Beatles' stage manager got very red in the face as he moved the amplfiers and machines around. Even when they were hooked up, they didn't always work. In moment of adjustment, John Lennon did a little dance that created a response that must have been heard by all the cattle for blocks around.
The reaction to The Beatles' appearance was tumultuous, a word that seems a total understatement. If this is what happen when The Beatles are banned, what do you suppose would happen if they were abolished?
The Beatles were preceded by The Remains, The Ronettes, The Cyrkle, and Bobby Hebb- who presented a cheerful two hours of insanity before the main bout. One final note. Do The Beatles have a new sound? It's a purely academic question.
Article was originally printed in the Chicago Sun Times.
"The Beatles 1966 Concert Ticket" - International Amphitheatre - Chicago, Illinois August 12, 1966
This
is a quality Reproduction Unused Concert Ticket. The full, unused
ticket measures 1.5" x 4.8" and is for the International
Amphitheatre (Chicago, IL), August 12, 1966 show at 3:00pm. The ticket
cost was $5.75 in 1966 and is for Orchestra Seating. This ticket is
laminated and the back of this ticket is black.
From BeatlesBible.com:
Live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago
3:00pm, Friday 12 August 1966The Beatles began their 14-date final tour with a concert at Chicago's International Amphitheater, a venue they had previously played in September 1964.
They played two shows, at 3pm and 7:30pm, each of which was seen by 13,000 people. Support acts for the entire tour were The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes.
The Beatles' standard set throughout the tour consisted of 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 I'm Down. During the tour they occasionally substituted the final song with Long Tall Sally.
The International Amphitheatre stood at 42nd Street and South Halsted. It became unable to attract enough large events during the 1970s and 1980s and suffered a decline. The venue was demolished in August 1999. _______________________________
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