Beatlemania 的词源

1963年；参见 Beatles + mania。

In September [1963], the Beatles played the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in October they had top bill on "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the Palladium" show. Fans lined up all day on Argyll Street outside the Palladium for a glimpse of the boys, a phenomenon that was unprecedented at that time. Hundreds of extra policemen were called in to deal with the crowd, and some later estimated that as many as 2,000 girls mobbed the band as they tried to enter the theater. ... All major British newspapers headlined the story the next day, and the term "Beatlemania" was coined to describe the frenzy and hysteria that fans exhibited over the Beatles. [Jacqueline Edmondson, "John Lennon: A Biography," 2010]

1963年9月，披头士乐队在伦敦的皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅演出，10月则在《Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the Palladium》节目中担任主角。粉丝们整天在Palladium外的阿盖尔街排队，只为一睹这些男孩的风采，这在当时是前所未有的现象。为了应对人潮，警方增派了数百名警察，有人后来估计，甚至有多达2000名女孩在乐队试图进入剧院时涌向他们……第二天，所有主要的英国报纸都以此为头条，"Beatlemania"（披头士狂热）这个词应运而生，用来形容粉丝们对披头士的狂热和癫狂。[Jacqueline Edmondson, "John Lennon: A Biography," 2010]