Beatles News Roundup: NY Mets to Celebrate Shea Stadium Concert Anniversary, More


Mets to celebrate 60th anniversary of Beatles at Shea Stadium - ABC 7

The Mets will honor the 60th anniversary of the Fab Four's performance at Shea Stadium, where they will host theMariners on Aug. 15 for The Beatles Night at Citi Field.

The 1965 performance was a milestone because The Beatles became the first rock band to perform a major stadium concert. A 50-minute documentary titled "The Beatles at Shea Stadium" captured the show. At the time, the multipurpose stadium was home to the Mets and New York Jets.

The celebration will begin with a performance by 1964 the Tribute in front of Shea Bridge at 6:15 p.m. ET. The first 15,000 fans to enter Citi Field will receive an exclusive Shea Stadium replica. 

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They found Paul McCartney’s Höfner: can the Lost Bass Project find Marty McFly’s Gibson ES-345? -MSN

Gibson has recruited the services of the investigative journalists who found Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner Violin bass guitar, as the search continues for the lost ES-345 that Michael J Fox played as Marty McFly in Back To The Future.

Speaking on the GibsonTV YouTube channel, Gibson’s director of brand experience, Mark Agnesi, issued an update, admitting that despite thousands of tips submitted by the public, the trail was still cold.

The electric guitar has been AWOL since filming on Robert Zemeckis’ sci-fi blockbuster wrapped in 1985, and now the journalists behind the Lost Bass Project have joint the hunt.

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