Emil Oberhoffer

Emil Oberhoffer

Emil Oberhoffer in Minneapolis. Photograph by Lee Brothers, 1921.

MN90: The Beatles' Minnesota Guitar

The Beatles' press conference in Minneapolis, August 1965, played a part in—or rather, added a guitar to—the group's 1966 album Rubber Soul. Britt Aamodt opens up on the case of the twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar with Minnesota provenance.

MN90: A Hard Day's Night: The Beatles In Minnesota

The Fab Four played just one night in Minnesota, in 1965. Amazingly, the concert didn't sell out. Find out why.

Beatles concert in Bloomington, 1965

On August 21, 1965, the Beatles played their one and only concert in Minnesota. Beatlemania was in full throat that night at Metropolitan Stadium, where the screaming fans drowned out the group’s half-hour set. But the hijinks had only just begun. In an episode straight from the Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night, the band's sleepover at the Minneapolis Leamington Motor Inn involved chases between fans and hotel security, a limo driver roped in for off-duty crowd control, a reporter disguised as a waitress, and the police.

Susan Stocking serving coffee to John Lennon

Susan Stocking serving coffee to John Lennon

Minneapolis Tribune reporter Susan Stocking serving coffee to John Lennon at a hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota, on August 21, 1965. Stocking disguised herself as a waitress in order to enter a room with John Lennon, Ringo Star, and George Harrison. The image illustrated the article, “I Was a Waitress for Three Beatles,” published in the Minneapolis Tribune on August 23, 1965. Captured from microfilm in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fans at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium

Fans at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium

Audience members at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

Fans at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium

Fans at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium

Audience members at a Beatles concert at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

The audience in Metropolitan Stadium during a performance by the Beatles

The audience in Metropolitan Stadium during a performance by the Beatles

Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, Minnesota) during a performance by the Beatles, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium

The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

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