60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
6/12/64 – The biggest crowd ever (estimated to be around 300,000 fans) turn out at the Adelaide Airport in Australia to greet The Beatles.
The group would play four shows over the next two nights at the Centennial Hall, performing: “I Saw Her Standing There,” “You Can’t Do That,” “All My Loving,” “She Loves You,” “Till There Was You,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Can't Buy Me Love,” “This Boy,” “Twist And Shout” and “Long Tally Sally,” all with stand-in drummer Jimmy Nicol, who filled in on this tour while Ringo was recovering from tonsillitis.
You can see the whole concert here (and in pretty darn good quality, too!):
Also on 6/12, Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
