The Beatles

souvenir programme for The Beatles’ second U.S. tour, 15–31 August 1965, signed on the cover by all four Beatles in black ballpoint, 28 pages (305 x 305mm.), published by Souvenir Publishing & Distributing Co., New York, cover slightly faded, edges worn, corners creased, back cover with paper worn in two small patches, tape marks to inside front cover

The Beatles’ second tour of the U.S. opened to a sell-out crowd of 55,000 at New York City’s Shea Stadium, the largest of any live concert that the Beatles would perform, and closed at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.  On the 27 August, on a night off, the Beatles met their idol Elvis Presley at his home in Bel Air. It was the first and only time they would meet.  The souvenir programmes, sold at the concert venues and via the Fan Club for $1.25, are illustrated with black and white photographs by Robert Freeman of the individual Beatles, some pages with facsimile signatures, a few advertisements but, rather unhelpfully, no tour details.