‘The policeman near me stuck bullets in his ears’: An oral history of the Beatles’ first U.S. concert
[An excellent Washington Post article quoting Bruce…] On Feb. 11, 1964, Beatlemania blasted Washington — all shrieks and Arthur haircuts and songs people couldn’t quite make out. Two nights after their hysteria-inducing welcome-to-America appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Beatles played their first U.S. concert at the Washington Coliseum. With “I Want to…
