{"id":41944,"date":"2024-02-12T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=41944"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:07:48","slug":"sixty-years-ago-this-week-the-beatles-played-their-first-live-appearances-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/02\/12\/sixty-years-ago-this-week-the-beatles-played-their-first-live-appearances-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixty years ago this week the Beatles played their first live appearances in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"334\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427953828_920419190086734_7054963766145422662_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427953828_920419190086734_7054963766145422662_n.jpg 474w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427953828_920419190086734_7054963766145422662_n-300x211.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was sixty years ago this week that the Beatles played their first live appearances in the United States. They performed twice on the Ed Sullivan Show and played live concerts at the Washington Coliseum in Washington DC and at Carnegie Hall in New York. Ticket prices for the Washington and New York concerts ranged between $4.00 to $5.50. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"233\" data-id=\"41946\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427957491_920421393419847_9030459777175385309_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427957491_920421393419847_9030459777175385309_n.jpg 326w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427957491_920421393419847_9030459777175385309_n-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"41947\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427968739_920419313420055_168610968795045184_n-1024x463.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427968739_920419313420055_168610968795045184_n-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427968739_920419313420055_168610968795045184_n-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427968739_920419313420055_168610968795045184_n-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/427968739_920419313420055_168610968795045184_n.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days used ticket stubs from these early shows sell for thousands of dollars. Last year a ticket from the first Ed Sullivan appearance sold at auction for $52,500.00!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was sixty years ago this week that the Beatles played their first live appearances in the United States. 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