It seemed fans had stationed themselves in every possible open space from the airport entrance, to the airport exit and from the airport exit to the awaiting limo, in high hopes that they’d be able to snatch up a Beatle and bring him home. Some with various pictures of each of them placed creatively inside crudely drawn hearts and others using supplementary means of affection-related depictions in a struggle to stand out, a feat that seemed near impossible in the presumably growing mass of people. In addition, existed several artistically drawn signs, scattered about. There were signs everywhere, most of which portraying a wide variety of colorful not to mention musical messages that ranged from: ‘Please, Please Me, Beatles!’ to ‘Love Me Do, Paul McCartney!’ to ‘I’d Be Happy Just to Dance with John Lennon’, to ‘I’ll Give You All My Loving!’ and so on. That, however, was a statement made on the flight over and one by one, as New York manifested before their very eyes the Beatles were beginning to eat their own words. Judging by what they’d already experienced, they had readily presumed that there wasn’t a place that could be crazier than Los Angeles. ![]() They had begun touring in Daly City, California, ended up in Las Vegas, Nevada, traveled north to Seattle, Washington, continued further into Vancouver, British Columbia, came back to Los Angeles, California, before moving on to Morrison, Colorado, and most recently Cincinnati, Ohio. ![]() Initially, the Beatles weren’t overly disturbed by the release of information as they’d already completed several shows within several cities of the country by the given point of time. According to him, they were in for even worse a culture shock than what they’d had to deal with their first time within the region. The fans, much more familiar with them and their music, were crazier it seemed and willing to do anything, anything to see them, or so their road manager Mal Evans had put it. Since their Ed Sullivan Show appearances in Miami and New York several months back, it had been brutally brought to their attention that things had all but remained the same within the city. ![]() They were several weeks into their first official American/Canadian tour and excitement as well as jetlag flowed through each of them as they were whisked about like fragile cargo, all while being shielded by heavy security from large crowds of screaming fans that had somehow managed to slip effortlessly into every nook and cranny. It was Augand the Beatles had just arrived safely as a whole at their destination in the midst of New York City successfully marking the second time any of them had ever set foot on northeastern United States soil.
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