Sunday, 27th August, 1961 Another Sunday lunchtime gig for The Beatles at the Casbah Club in the cellar of the Best’s large Victorian house located in West Derby, Liverpool.

Saturday, 26th August, 1961 The Beatles played the third Saturday night gig of their seven week engagment at The Aintree Institute.

Friday, 25th August, 1961 The Beatles rounded out their week at The Cavern with a lunch time preformance. They were also booked by the Cavern’s owner, Ray McFall, for an evening engagement, but at a slightly different venue. McFall occasionaly rented the Mersey Ferries boat Royal Iris for what he called Riverboat Shuffles. McFall liked to offer a [...]

Reuter’s UK is reporting that an American fan helped foil a burglary in northern England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam over the Internet, police said. The man from Dallas was using a live camera link to look at Mathew Street, an area of Liverpool synonymous with the Beatles and home to the Cavern Club where [...]

“Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles Last Concert”  is now back in print after 15 years, The book is described as the definitive account of the Beatles last concert in San Francisco on August 29, 1966. Written by Eric Lefcowitz, it features 60 of Jim Marshall’s celebrated photographs including images of the Beatles backstage and performing onstage for [...]

Thursday, 24th August, 1961 The Beatles returned to the St John’s Hall in Tuebrook for their regular Thursday night gig.

icLiverpool has a report on the discovery of a suitcase that was left behind by George Harrison after a local gig in 1962 and has recently been recovered. According to the report on September 7, 1962 – a month before the world of music was to change forever – the Beatles played a youth club [...]

Wednesday, 23rd August, 1961 The Beatles pulled double duty at The Cavern today with both lunch time and night time shows.

The 2006 International Beatle Week festivities kick off in Liverpool today and runs through August 29th. According to the official website there will be live entertainment “every waking hour” with over 200 bands participating. There will also be a convention, tours, auctions, art galleries and a whole lot more. The emphasis this year is on those [...]

A nice review of what it was like to attend the recent Chicago Fest