Sixty years have passed since the Beatles' late-night arrival at Milan Central Station from Lyon on June 23, 1965. The four boys from Liverpool were by then world-famous stars, and two thousand delirious fans were waiting for them, crowding in so much that only one of the five Alfa Romeo Spiders made available for them and their staff could be used: to escape quickly, all four were crammed into a single car. Documenting it all, in extremely rare photographs, was Tino Petrelli, one of the leading photographers of Publifoto, one of the most important photojournalistic agencies of the time. During the brief period in which the "Fab Four" were in Milan, performing two concerts at the Velodromo Vigorelli on June 24, Publifoto unleashed seven of his most talented photojournalists: along with Petrelli were Sergio Cossu, Gianfranco Ferrario, Carlo Fumagalli, Benito Marino, Sergio Borsotti, and Eugenio Pavone. After all, it was (and would remain) the sole chance to see them live in Italy. All of the images from that unforgettable day are now on display in the exhibition “Tutti pazzi per i Beatles. Il concerto del 1965 a Milano” ("Crazy for the Beatles. The 1965 concert in Milan") from June 24 to September 7 in the Octagonal Cloister in the Lombard capital.
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