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Shawaz Ahmad

Inside abandoned coliseum The Beatles played final US tour set to be demolished

An abandoned coliseum once used to perform by The Beatles in their final US tour in 1966 now faces demolition.

Memphis' first racially integrated arena was one of the only eleven worldwide that saw both of the performances, it's one of the last places The Beatles performed live in America.

The arena was called Mid-South Coliseum, and was one of the few stops on The Beatles' final American tour in 1966, where the infamous racist group the Klu Klux Klan protested against them and issued death threats against them.

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