BEATLEMANIA (Room 124)
BEATLEMANIA (Room 124)
October 14th 1963 saw the “official” birth of Beatlemania, when Britain’s daily newspapers heavily reported the scenes of mass hysteria, the night before inside and outside of the London Palladium. The streets around the Palladium were packed with screaming, crying, and hysterical fans desperate to get a glimpse of their heroes. Fans completely blocked Argyll Street and Marlborough Street, bringing traffic to a standstill. Photographers captured riotous scenes of mayhem with policemen struggling to hold back fans. The TV cameras had also captured the unprecedented scenes and these had been transmitted the previous night on the ITV national news. Fleet Street (home of the UK’s national press) had now claimed the Beatles as their own and would now relentlessly pursue the four for evermore, whether it be in their private or professional lives. Things quite simply would never ever be the same for them: They were now deemed “public property”. However in typical London journalistic fashion, this was not the real or accurate story. In reality scenes like this had been happening in the provinces, but the London national press has always been reluctant to find stories outside of the Capital. All that had really happened was that Beatlemania had come to London and Fleet Street had belatedly reported it. Subsequent claims by Fleet Street journalists that they had invented Beatlemania, were clearly inaccurate and erroneous.
Artwork © Shannon
BEATLEMANIA (Room 124)
October 14th 1963 saw the “official” birth of Beatlemania, when Britain’s daily newspapers heavily reported the scenes of mass hysteria, the night before inside and outside of the London Palladium. The streets around the Palladium were packed with screaming, crying, and hysterical fans desperate to get a glimpse of their heroes. Fans completely blocked Argyll Street and Marlborough Street, bringing traffic to a standstill. Photographers captured riotous scenes of mayhem with policemen struggling to hold back fans. The TV cameras had also captured the unprecedented scenes and these had been transmitted the previous night on the ITV national news. Fleet Street (home of the UK’s national press) had now claimed the Beatles as their own and would now relentlessly pursue the four for evermore, whether it be in their private or professional lives. Things quite simply would never ever be the same for them: They were now deemed “public property”. However in typical London journalistic fashion, this was not the real or accurate story. In reality scenes like this had been happening in the provinces, but the London national press has always been reluctant to find stories outside of the Capital. All that had really happened was that Beatlemania had come to London and Fleet Street had belatedly reported it. Subsequent claims by Fleet Street journalists that they had invented Beatlemania, were clearly inaccurate and erroneous.
Artwork © Shannon
BEATLEMANIA (Room 124)
October 14th 1963 saw the “official” birth of Beatlemania, when Britain’s daily newspapers heavily reported the scenes of mass hysteria, the night before inside and outside of the London Palladium. The streets around the Palladium were packed with screaming, crying, and hysterical fans desperate to get a glimpse of their heroes. Fans completely blocked Argyll Street and Marlborough Street, bringing traffic to a standstill. Photographers captured riotous scenes of mayhem with policemen struggling to hold back fans. The TV cameras had also captured the unprecedented scenes and these had been transmitted the previous night on the ITV national news. Fleet Street (home of the UK’s national press) had now claimed the Beatles as their own and would now relentlessly pursue the four for evermore, whether it be in their private or professional lives. Things quite simply would never ever be the same for them: They were now deemed “public property”. However in typical London journalistic fashion, this was not the real or accurate story. In reality scenes like this had been happening in the provinces, but the London national press has always been reluctant to find stories outside of the Capital. All that had really happened was that Beatlemania had come to London and Fleet Street had belatedly reported it. Subsequent claims by Fleet Street journalists that they had invented Beatlemania, were clearly inaccurate and erroneous.
Artwork © Shannon