#sid bernstein

[littlequeenies]

November 23, 1981 - May Pang, Mike McCartney, Cynthia Lennon and Sid Bernstein at the launch party for Mike's book “The MACS” held at the Horn of Plenty Restaurant in New York City.

[eppysboys]

He referred to the Beatles, and I loved it, as ‘my boys’. It was always 'the boys’. He always worried, 'Is security right? Have you taken care of this?’ He was always planning in advance for their safety.

Sid Bernstein, In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story by Debbie Geller

[gregorygalloway]

The Beatles’ 3rd tour of the US began on Sunday, 15 August 1965, playing before 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium. It was the largest audience for a rock concert to that time, and the first “stadium show.”

The Beatles were flown by helicopter from Manhattan to the stadium in Queens. An armored car then drove the group onto the field, where a stage was set up on second base. Fans were allowed only in stadium seats and not on the field, fenced in to protect both the band and the infield grass.

“What I remember most about the concert was that we were so far away from the audience,” Ringo Starr said. “It was totally against what we had started out to achieve, which was to entertain, right there, up close.”

The Beatles performed a 30-minute set of 12 songs: “Twist And Shout,” “She’s A Woman,” “I Feel Fine,” “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,” “Ticket To Ride,” “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Baby’s In Black,” “Act Naturally,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help!” and “I’m Down.”

As soon as they finished, the armored car sped across the field, the Beatles were in the car and on the move “no more than twenty seconds after they stepped off the stage. The back gate of Shea opened, the armored car sped through and they were gone,” promoter Sid Bernstein wrote in his autobiography.

[mrepstein]

A 1965 Beatles performance contract and rider, both signed by Brian Epstein. The General Artists Corporation contract between NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. and Sid Bernstein Enterprises, Inc. was for the Beatles’ historic concert at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965.

[livelymorgue]

Aug. 23, 1966: A victim of Beatlemania was carried off while “more than 45,000 teen-age girls — and a few anguished parents as well” converged to listen to 30 minutes of “all but inaudible” Beatles tunes, The Times reported. Sid Bernstein, the concert’s promoter, who was disappointed that it had not sold out, “said he believed the days of English rock ’n’ roll groups, with the possible exception of the Beatles, were numbered,” The Times reported. “From now on,” he said, “It’ll be all American. Remember what I said — I’ve never been wrong before.” The Beatles’ last tour ended six days later. Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times

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[circus-sonata]

by Sid Bernstein Mental Institution