The Beatles’ second appearance at Blackpool’s Opera House within a month took place on 16 August 1964. They had previously performed at the venue on 26 July 1964.
Also on the bill on this night were The High Numbers, who were shortly to rename themselves The Who, and The Kinks.
Last updated: 24 January 2024
Also on this day...
- 2019: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Mahaffey Theater, St Petersburg
- 2001: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Horseshoe Casino Tunica, Robinsonville
- 1998: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Marktrock, Leuven
- 1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Humphreys Concerts By The Bay, San Diego
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Riverfest Amphitheater, Little Rock
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Kingston Fairgrounds, Kingston
- 1973: Recording: One Day (At A Time), Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple), Out The Blue, Only People, You Are Here by John Lennon
- 1972: Wings live: Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf
- 1968: Recording: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- 1966: The Beatles live: John F Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia
- 1965: John Lennon’s Mellotron is delivered to Weybridge
- 1965: Day off in New York
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Llandudno
- 1962: The Beatles live: Riverpark Ballroom, Chester
- 1962: Pete Best is fired from The Beatles
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1960: Travel: Liverpool to Hamburg
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In a documentary about “Quadrophenia”, Pete Townshend commented that the lines in the song “5:15”:
“Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eau-de-cologning”
were written about this concert, girls wetting themselves when the Beatles came on and the ushers spraying perfume to cover the smell of urine.
I was at the August 1964 Blackpool Opera House show and saw The Beatles (hardly heard them ‘cos of the screaming girls). On the same bill were The Kinks, (in their early trademark red Regency jackets) The High Numbers (later to be known as The Who) a girl singer Adrienne Posta (also appeared in films To Sr With Love & Up the Junction) but can’t recall any other artist or the show’s compere. Any ideas? Thanks.
The Heart
Adrienne Poster
Tony Marsh
The Kinks
(interval)
The high Numbers
Val McCullum
Tony Marsh
The Beatles