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On this day in 1965, The Beatles held a triumphant concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This event marked their return after performing successfully at the same venue on August 23, 1964. Over a year later, they came back for two consecutive sold-out shows.
During the afternoon of August 29, 1965, the band held a press conference at Hollywood and Vine’s Capitol Tower. Alan Livingston, the president of Capitol Records, awarded them gold discs in recognition of the sales of their album “Help!”.
Subsequent to the press conference, The Beatles were transported to the Hollywood Bowl in an armored truck. The concert was attended by a crowd of 18,000 fans, and notably, one person even gave birth to a baby boy in the venue’s car park.
Tickets were available at various prices: $3, $4, $5, $6, and $7. The band’s earnings from the two concerts totaled $90,000 out of the overall collection of $156,000.
During the concert, The Beatles performed a set of 12 songs. They began with a shortened version of “Twist And Shout”, followed by “She’s A Woman”, “I Feel Fine”, “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”, “Ticket To Ride”, “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Baby’s In Black”, “I Wanna Be Your Man”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Help!”, and concluded with “I’m Down”.
The lineup for the event included other acts as well. In order of appearance, these acts were King Curtis Band, Sounds Incorporated and the Discotheque Dancers, Brenda Holloway, and Cannibal & The Headhunters.
Similar to the 1964 concert, Capitol Records recorded the two performances in August 1965. However, due to technical issues, Paul McCartney’s introductions and vocals for the first four songs were not audible.
Three songs from this date, namely “Ticket To Ride”, “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”, and “Help!”, were featured on the 1977 album “The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl” and on 2016’s “Live At The Hollywood Bowl”. The version of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” on the album was an edited compilation of performances from August 29 and 30.
John Lennon’s spoken introduction to “Baby’s In Black” also found its way onto the 1996 single “Real Love”, along with the complete version from the performance on August 30.