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1964 The Beatles First USA Concert (Washington DC) Full Ticket, PSA NM 7 -- Pop Two, Only Two Superior!...
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1964 The Beatles First USA Concert (Washington DC) Full Ticket, PSA NM 7 -- Pop Two, Only Two Superior! The opening salvo of the British Invasion of these former colonies came quite fittingly in our nation's capital, just two miles east of the White House at the Washington Coliseum. Just two days after their legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Fab Four arrived by rail at Union Station to meet a horde of screaming fans, a snowstorm having grounded flights.The concert venue, a former boxing arena, featured a stage set up in the round, requiring the band to rotate their positions to face different sections of the audience. The Beatles took the stage at 8:31 p.m., delivering a twelve-song set that included "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You," and "Twist and Shout." The performance was marked by the deafening screams of 8,092 fans, making it difficult for the band to hear themselves play. One of the 362 police officers on hand to keep the peace plugged his ears with bullets to stave off the deafening shrieks of the youthful masses.
The band's manager Brian Epstein allowed CBS to film The Beatles' performance, which was shown by the National General Corporation in a telecast in US cinemas in March 1964. The performance has since been released on DVD, and extracts were included in "The Beatles Anthology." But if footage from The Beatles' American debut concert is readily available, tickets most assuredly are not. Just seven full tickets appear in the PSA population, and this outrageous specimen is one of two graded PSA NM 7, with only two superior.
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2025 December 19 - 21 Winter Sports Catalog Auction #50081 (go to Auction Home page)
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