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Originally Posted by Music Man
The Beatles were the originators of "Stadium Rock", with their famous concert at Shea stadium in 1965:
"The US tour really opened on August 15th with a concert scheduled in New York at the Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team. This was the first time in the history of music that a stadium was used for a rock concert! Seen by 55,600 fans, it created a new world record for a pop concert in terms of attendance and gross revenue. The Beatles' share of the $304,000 box-office takings was also a record - $160,000."
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Hmm, im sure The Beatles werent the first rock act to play a stadium concert...And the credit for making stadium tours popular clearly go to the big rock acts of the 70s like Zeppelin, The Who and Floyd...As well as prog bands like Yes, Genesis and Jethro Tull...The whole Arena Rock trend started from there.