Dunedin Town Hall is filled on June 26, 1964, as the biggest band in the world, The Beatles, performs on stage. PHOTOS: EVENING STARNever-before published photographs from the day Beatlemania visited Dunedin show the youth of the city swept up by a cultural phenomenon the older generation simply did not understand. Archived photos from the Evening Star rediscovered this week by an Otago Daily Times photographer show The Beatles performing at Dunedin Town Hall on June 26, 1964. ‘‘I wish I’d been old enough to have been there.’’‘‘Bedlam broke loose in the Town Hall last night,’’ the Even ing Star reported the following day. Unidentified young women react to The Beatles on stage in Dunedin.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2021 15:32 UTC