MINNEAPOLIS — The Beatles left Minneapolis this date 50 years ago and never looked back, at least until Paul returned last year for a sold out concert. The big stink was over girl fans who breached security after the Met Stadium concert and entered the hotel rooms of the Beatles. (I am sure they were gathering autographs from the mop head singers.) A representative of the rock group’s entourage said Minneapolis was a “narrow minded town” when police demanded that the girl leave Paul’s room or they would break down the door. Indeed!
On the anniversary radio special the police chief commented about the welfare of the “kids” and wished the Fab Four would never return to the Twin Cities. And they never did.
The anniversary show aired last night on WDGY included the press conference for the concert that was “hosted” by WDGY but that didn’t prevent cross town rival KDWB from horning in on the action. WDGY DJ Johnny Dollar was the anchor for the radio coverage of the concert.
Dennis Mitchell’s anniversary show was actually a tape from a Hollywood Bowl concert with screaming Beatle fans who are now grannies.
The show includes a promo for “Help,” the movie.
I was living in Berkley at the time and not a Beatle fan.
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