Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
JUST BEFORE SHEA STADIUM AND CANDLESTICK PARK, THERE WAS...
\The Beatles 1966 Cleveland, Ohio Final-Tour Concert Poster. An original cardboard window card advertising the Beatles on their last-ever concert tour playing at Cleveland Stadium on Sunday, August 14, 1966. This was the Fab Four's third stop of their final trek; Shea Stadium would be the 11th stop; and Candlestick Park would end it all two weeks after that on August 29th. Then the Beatles' live career would be gone forever.
An exquisite concert poster that's even a little bit rarer than the Shea Stadium poster and much rarer than Candlestick Park. "Beatles Concert - Tix on Sale Here!" it proclaims. Well, right away that makes it different from any of their other posters. That presumably eliminated all random postings like fences, telephone poles and other scattered places around town. "Here!" indicates that this piece of advertising was only used in record, musical-instrument, drug and department stores - wherever tickets were actually sold. That would also surely cut down on the number of posters printed, one would think... how many ticket outlets could there have been? Shea and Candlestick could've been posted 50 miles outside of town, in a laundromat... but not this piece. Nope, supposedly money changed hands anywhere this window card was posted.
This poster has a ton going for it, and rather than working against it, we think the black & white look is compelling and completely appropriate. Sort of like how B&W was perfect for their Hard Day's Night movie. If New York City and San Francisco could afford nice colors on their Beatle posters, isn't it right that the midwestern smaller town could only afford black & white? It's straightforward, simple and informational, and that's all we needed.
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JUST BEFORE SHEA STADIUM AND CANDLESTICK PARK, THERE WAS...
\The Beatles 1966 Cleveland, Ohio Final-Tour Concert Poster. An original cardboard window card advertising the Beatles on their last-ever concert tour playing at Cleveland Stadium on Sunday, August 14, 1966. This was the Fab Four's third stop of their final trek; Shea Stadium would be the 11th stop; and Candlestick Park would end it all two weeks after that on August 29th. Then the Beatles' live career would be gone forever.
An exquisite concert poster that's even a little bit rarer than the Shea Stadium poster and much rarer than Candlestick Park. "Beatles Concert - Tix on Sale Here!" it proclaims. Well, right away that makes it different from any of their other posters. That presumably eliminated all random postings like fences, telephone poles and other scattered places around town. "Here!" indicates that this piece of advertising was only used in record, musical-instrument, drug and department stores - wherever tickets were actually sold. That would also surely cut down on the number of posters printed, one would think... how many ticket outlets could there have been? Shea and Candlestick could've been posted 50 miles outside of town, in a laundromat... but not this piece. Nope, supposedly money changed hands anywhere this window card was posted.
This poster has a ton going for it, and rather than working against it, we think the black & white look is compelling and completely appropriate. Sort of like how B&W was perfect for their Hard Day's Night movie. If New York City and San Francisco could afford nice colors on their Beatle posters, isn't it right that the midwestern smaller town could only afford black & white? It's straightforward, simple and informational, and that's all we needed.
To learn more, visit HA.com/7475
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