Sixty years ago, on August 15, 1965, four young men from Liverpool—collectively known as The Beatles—stepped into a baseball stadium and into music history. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr’s sold-out performance at Shea Stadium in New York—former home to the Mets baseball team—wasn’t just another concert,

On 15th August 1965, The Beatles performed a one-off show at New York's Shea Stadium. This huge event ushered in the era of the stadium gig - the enormous events that have become a fixture of pop and rock tours in the six decades since the Fab Four led the way.

George Harrison had some brutal views of The Beatles' landmark and record-breaking concert at Shea Stadium in 1965, which was attended by 55,600 screaming fans