![(from left) Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon perform onstage on August 1, 1964](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JyUq5c7s5HHh3PNqbUAq3h-320-80.jpg)
“Nothing was even mic'd up through the P.A. – they just listened to our amps and the two vocal mics. Sometimes we'd just play rubbish”: The Beatles on their struggles to be heard over the screams of Beatlemania – and the toll it took on their performances
Technology has advanced light years in the six decades since the frenzy of Beatlemania, and the world of onstage guitar amplification is no exception