Remembering the Beatles' one gig in Minnesota
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The Beatles take questions at a press conference in Bloomington in 1965, before their one and only concert in Minnesota.
Photo courtesy of Bill Carlson
Forty-five years ago, the Beatles played their one and only concert in Minnesota. It was August 21, 1965, and the Fab Four performed before screaming fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.
The Current's Jim McGuinn and the Star Tribune's Jon Bream join Midday to talk about that night, and how the Beatles changed pop music forever.
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