This was The Beatles’ third and final concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, following performances on 23 August 1964 and 29 August 1965.
As with the previous night’s show, tickets retailed for $3, $4, $5, $6 and $7. For the two concerts The Beatles earned $90,000 from the total gate receipts of $156,000.
The Beatles performed the same 12-song setlist as on the previous night: their short 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 ‘I’m Down’.
The other acts on the bill were, in order of appearance, King Curtis Band, Sounds Incorporated and the Discotheque Dancers, Brenda Holloway, and Cannibal & The Headhunters.
As with the 1964 concert, the two August 1965 performances were recorded by Capitol Records. Five songs from this date – ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘She’s A Woman’, ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, and ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ – were included on the 1977 album The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl. ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ was a composite edit of the 29 and 30 August performances.
The performance of ‘Baby’s In Black’ was also included on the 1996 single ‘Real Love’, preceded by John Lennon’s spoken introduction from the 29 August performance. The Hollywood Bowl recordings were also used to bulk up the sound of the film The Beatles At Shea Stadium, and were incorporated into the soundtrack on 5 January 1966.
After the concert The Beatles held a pool-side party for around a dozen reporters who had accompanied them on the North America tour. The final stop took place the following night at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.
Also on this day...
- 2019: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln
- 2014: Paul McCartney urges Scots to vote No to independence
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
- 2001: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
- 1998: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas
- 1972: John Lennon live: Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 1969: John Lennon and Ringo Starr travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan
- 1968: Recording, mixing: Dear Prudence
- 1968: UK single release: Hey Jude
- 1966: Travel: Los Angeles to London
- 1964: The Beatles live: Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Southport
- 1963: Television: The Mersey Sound
- 1962: The Beatles live: Riverpark Ballroom, Chester
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1960: The Beatles live: Indra Club, Hamburg
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I’m interested in the source for the “opening acts” information for the August 1965 Hollywood Bowl concerts. Because I was there, and I remember different. I may have been 11 years old, but I know that James Brown and The Supremes were among the opening acts. I have some other vague recollections, but I’m not as clear on those, so I’m not going to say. I’m not saying that King Curtis, Cannibal and the Headhunters and Brenda Holloway were not there. There were a lot of opening acts. But I’m 200% clear about James Brown, because I have vivid memory of his “cape” routine and everything. And I’m 100% sure about The Supremes too. But it was definitely a much better lineup than the one listed here. I remember the set list for the Beatles being exactly what was listed here. But this was not the complete lineup for the opening acts. I’m not sure if I went August 29th or August 30th. There could have been different opening acts each night for all I know. But it was the first and the best concert I ever went to. And if anyone has more complete information about the opening lineup, I’d really love to see that and hopefully jog other memories. Or if somebody has information that would set me straight about what date I actually went. – Thanks.
You’re right, Kerry. I was there too, on August 30th, and I don’t remember the acts mentioned on this website. Just off the top of my head now, I do seem to recall the Bill Black Combo and The Searchers being among the opening acts that night. I also remember Casey Kasem and Dave Hull introducing The Beatles… since I hung around the KRLA studio in south Pasadena, I was acquainted with both of them.
Now it’s eerie, but at one point John Lennon, plugged into his electric guitar, dangled his foot over the reflecting pool in front of the stage! (There had been at least one death reported in LA County from someone who was similarly “plugged in” and stepped onto wet grass.) And on the way out of the Hollywood Bowl, a guard saw me and another guy and said, “What are you doing here? I thought this was just for girls!” During the concert, some girls WERE carried away after fainting. Like you, this was my first concert!
I was there too, and I was 17, much older and can remember. No, James Brown was not the opening act for the Beatles. I was at both August, 1965 concerts. In fact…having to wait for the Beatles in the most extreme anticipation ever in my life for anything….King Curtis, Sounds Inc., Brenda Holloway (the Beatles chose Mary Wells to do their UK tour afterward) and the final performers Cannibal and the Headhunters indeed were the groups that opened up for the Beatles. This made it super hard to watch music that wasn’t the Beatles. I can empathize today with the performers opening. Yes, Casey Kasem and Dave Hull introduced them. I was a teen DJ at Fullerton Junior College…and believe me, I loved the medium, the pop culture and followed them like a happy hawk. I was pretty much in heaven, and a bit in the top of my game witnessing the Beatles. ‘Eight Days A Week’ is opening 385 footsteps from my front door this Thursday, September 16, and I’ll be in that theater, you betcha! Drinking a glass of wine and pretty much crying and jumping a bit for joy: one.more.time.
Do you know anything about a brass ticket??