On February 11, 1964, The Beatles played their second U.S. show (first appearing on the Ed Sullivan show two nights prior) here in Washington, at the now-empty Washington Coliseum near Union Station. Over 8,000 fans filled the stadium to capacity as 362 D.C. police officers tried to keep them at bay as they screamed, shouted and fainted in the aisles. The British Invasion had reached American shores, and this performance, plagued by faulty equipment and terrifying fans was the tipping point of Beatlemania. Last night, Ellie Goulding kicked off her first U.S. Tour at the Rock and Roll Hotel, not too far from the site of that fateful 1964 show.