- Jun 14, 2010
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I know Clapton had stopped playing with Delaney and Bonnie at that point but that is still a ridiculous summer concert series. Less than two months later Led Zeppelin would play the Garden and Van Morrison played The Boston Tea Party for four shows in June.Tom Yawkey refused to let them use Fenway Park and Harvard said no as well so Suffolk was it. Surprisingly we were able to hear them but they were only onstage for about a half an hour.
The seventh date of The Beatles' final tour took place at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack in Boston, Massachusetts, where they gave one concert before 25,000 people.
The concert began at 8pm. The Beatles had previously played in Boston on 12 September 1964 at the Boston Garden. This time they were in the middle of a horse racing course.
The support acts during The Beatles' final tour were The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes. The group's set consisted of 11 songs: Rock And Roll Music, She's A Woman, If I Needed Someone, Day Tripper, Baby's In Black, I Feel Fine, Yesterday, I Wanna Be Your Man, Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer and Long Tall Sally.
After the show The Beatles and their entourage stayed at a Boston hotel. They left the city at 11.30am the following morning and flew to Memphis, Tennessee.
Harvard in 1970 did allow concerts and also let the Patriots play there for one season.
Check out the acts that played at Harvard - each show was general admission at the cost of TWO DOLLARS
I believe this is the same Beatles tour that Harold Ballard double booked the Beatles in Maple Leafs Gardens and didn't tell them , just sold the tickets and said if the didn't play they would be responsible for a riot