Fans Beseige Beatles on Italy Tour
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Coventry Evening Telegraph
June 24, 1965
The police allowed only passengers onto the platform when the Beatles arrived at Milan by rail today for an Italian tour. However, 1,000 teenage fans managed to gather around the ban. They besieged the ticket office hours before the scheduled arrival, buying tickets to neighboring stations. When the quartet arrived, the fans, thwarted by a last-minute switch in the arrival platform, charged across the station waving placards with slogans such as “God, save the Beatles” and “Viva The Beatles.”
Those at the front of the mob got a brief glimpse of John Paul, George, and Ringo being hustled into cars, bound for their hotel. It is the group's first visit to Italy. Their first two concerts tonight are at a Milan sports stadium, seating about 26,000. Later, they go on to Genoa and Rome.
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