“And now, right here on our stage…” The Beatles Their first US TV appearance on February 9, 1964 drew over 73 million viewers. They’d return three more times—twice that same February, and once more in August 1965. | The Beatles

THE BEATLES RETURN TO THE STAGE Empire Pool, Wembley – 26th April 1964 After 15 weeks away from British stages, the Fab Four thundered back into the nation's consciousness at the NME Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert, topping a bill that read like a who's who of '64: The Rolling Stones, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Dave Clark Five, and a constellation of others. Ten thousand screaming fans packed the venue for what became British rock's equivalent of M