On February 9, 1964, a group of four 20-something musicians from Liverpool made their debut on U.S. television and forever changed popular music. The Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that ...

On Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles took the stage at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. The performance marked the end of touring for one of the greatest and most influential acts of the rock era. Aside ...

Just as The Beatles were teetering on the cusp of international fame, their manager, Brian Epstein, received a letter from a schoolboy named David Moores (per BBC News). The manager recognized that ...

You know you’ve got something when you get too famous to tour. That was the case with the British-born rock band the Beatles at their height in the mid-to-late 1960s existence. The group was too ...

The Beatles retired from touring in 1966–long before they actually called it quits as a band. Their robust touring schedules (mixed with the fact the band didn’t feel they were very good live) moved ...

Beatles live albums didn't really used to be a thing. They came off the road in August 1966 and the group's first official concert recording, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, wasn't released until ...

An hourlong recording of the Beatles performing live in April 1963 has surfaced, making it the earliest known full recording of the band. The tape was made by 15-year-old John Bloomfield, a student at ...

Rockford, Illinois’s greatest rock and roll export, Cheap Trick, were on a roll when they released their 1979 album “Dream Police” in September of 1979. The album reached number six ...