Music historians accept the view that the Beatles' appearance at Shea Stadium in New York in 1965 marked the beginning of what became known as stadium rock. By the mid-1970s, sports stadiums and arenas across the United States and elsewhere were being used as stages by some of the era's biggest music acts. Some bands, in fact, became synonymous with this singular musical genre. But who were these bands, and where did they play?
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