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(wallyg/flickr)The Last Play at Shea
Tonight and Friday, Billy Joel performs what will be the very last shows at Shea Stadium. Today we look back at some of the ballpark's musical highlights -- from the Beatles' legendary 1965 concert to Jimi Hendrix's Festival for Peace. Plus: it's Stravinsky remixed. Andrew Cyr and Ricardo Romaneiro talk about re-mixing the Rite of Spring as electronica.
The Magic of Shea Stadium
After four decades, the place that helped pioneer the stadium rock show is calling it quits. On the eve of Shea Stadium's final concert, we look back at some of the ballpark's musical highlights -- from the Beatles' 1965 famed appearance to shows by the Who, Simon & Garfunkel and Bruce Springsteen. We're joined by New York Sun reporter Nicholas Wapshott and New York Daily News pop music critic Jim Farber.
Tell us: Have you seen a concert at Shea Stadium? What was it like? Leave a comment!
Our blog: John Schaefer on Shea Stadium.
Shows at Shea Stadium
THE BEATLES
Aug. 15, 1965, and Aug. 26, 1966
SUMMER FESTIVAL FOR PEACE
featuring Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix
Aug. 6, 1970
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
July 9, 1971
JETHRO TULL
July 23, 1976
THE WHO
Oct. 12-13, 1982
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
Aug. 6, 1983
THE POLICE
Aug. 18, 1983
THE ROLLING STONES
Oct. 10, 11, 25, 26, 28 and 29, 1989
ELTON JOHN AND ERIC CLAPTON
Aug. 21-22, 1992
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND
Oct. 1, 3 and 4, 2003
BILLY JOEL
Tomorrow and Friday
Source: NY Daily News, New York Mets
Nicholas Wapshott's article on Billy Joel and Shea
Jim Farber's "ultimate setlist" for the Billy Joel
Video: The Beatles at Shea Stadium (YouTube)
Rite of Spring: Remixed
Conductor Andrew Cyr and DJ Ricardo Romaneiro bring Stravinsky into the 21st century with an electronic reinvention of "The Rite of Spring." They join us in the Soundcheck studio to share the secrets of setting Stravinsky's most famous work to keyboards, laptops, brass and drums.
The Rite: Remixed will premiere tonight and tomorrow night at Le Poisson Rouge. It will be performed again Friday night for free at the Prospect Park bandshell. WNYC will present a live Webcast of the event on WNYC.org and WNYC2.
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