Image courtesy of the Courier Mail
Today marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing in Brisbane. The band had arrived in Australia in 1964, at the peak of “Beatlemania” and performed shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney before arriving in Brisbane on the 29 June, for the first of their two concerts.
Preparations for the visit were meticulous and genuine safety concerns were raised after two girls had been injured in a crush at a concert in New York. Below is a Courier Mail article about police preparations.
Article courtesy of the Courier Mail.
A letter of thanks from Mr Potts the manager of Brisbane Festival Hall to Police Commissioner Frank Bischof.
The letter from Festival Hall.