The Beatles and Stones sharing a stage? 1965 London explodes.
The U.K.'s New Musical Express poll winners concert. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Searchers, the Moody Blues, Freddie and the Dreamers, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, the Seekers, Herman's Hermits, the Ivy League and Division Two, Sounds Incorporated, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Cilla Black, Donovan, Them, the Animals, the Kinks.
Acting
Lennon's bored-smug face while 10,000 girls shriek.
Production
Raw multicam chaos before music video existed.
Costume
Suits so sharp they could cut you.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only time The Beatles and Rolling Stones performed on the same bill. The Stones went on first and got booed because the crowd wanted Beatles immediately.
The NME Poll Winners was peak 'teenage consumer as voting bloc'—fans literally elected their idols. It's democracy as pop ritual, and slightly terrifying.
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