<P> On Sunday , August 15 , 1965 , the Beatles opened their 1965 North American tour there to a record audience of 55,600 . `` Beatlemania '' was at one of its peaks at their Shea concert . Film footage shows many teenagers and women crying , screaming , and even fainting . The crowd noise was such that security guards can be seen covering their ears as the Beatles entered the field . The sound of the crowd was so deafening that none of the Beatles ( or anyone else ) could hear what they were playing . Nevertheless , it was the first concert to be held at a major stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation , demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable , and led the Beatles to return to Shea for a successful encore on August 23 , 1966 . The attendance record stood until 1973 when it was broken by Led Zeppelin with 56,800 fans at Tampa Stadium . </P>
<P> On Sunday , August 15 , 1965 , the Beatles opened their 1965 North American tour there to a record audience of 55,600 . `` Beatlemania '' was at one of its peaks at their Shea concert . Film footage shows many teenagers and women crying , screaming , and even fainting . The crowd noise was such that security guards can be seen covering their ears as the Beatles entered the field . The sound of the crowd was so deafening that none of the Beatles ( or anyone else ) could hear what they were playing . Nevertheless , it was the first concert to be held at a major stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation , demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable , and led the Beatles to return to Shea for a successful encore on August 23 , 1966 . The attendance record stood until 1973 when it was broken by Led Zeppelin with 56,800 fans at Tampa Stadium . </P>
who played the first concert at shea stadium
who played the first concert at shea stadium
the Beatles
the Beatles