Every wanted to hear Alice Cooper sing “Hey Bulldog“, or Billy Idol’s rendition of “Tomorrow Never Knows“? How about Lemmy screeching his way through “Back In The USSR“? Well you will soon have your chance. On October 24, 2006, Restless Records will release “Butchering The Beatles” — featuring the biggest, the baddest, the heaviest all-star [...]
There has been a few updates to the official Ringo Starr website including a new video clip from Ringo talking about the recent All-Starr Band tour. For those fans who managed to see teh show and maybe took a few photographs, the site also has a contest asking fans to submit their favorite photos. Check [...]
Monday, 21st August, 1961 Another busy week for The Beatles at The Cavern, kicking off with today’s lunch time gig.
Watching this video clip I get the distinct impression that the boys were sharing a private joke while taping this…
Sunday, 20th August, 1961 The Beatles played a session at the Hambleton Hall in the Huyton area of Liverpool.
Saturday, 19th August, 1961 The Beatles returned to The Aintree Institute for their second gig in as many days and the second Saturday night of their seven week engagement. On this occasion a local photgrapher was on hand to capture the moment.
Pete Best behind the drum kit as his younger self looks on… In this interview Pete reckons that Ringo benfited from Pete’s hard work – I don’t think so. And if Ringo wasn’t at The Fest in person, he was definitely there in spirit. Â
Friday, 18th August, 1961 The Beatles finished their three shows at The Cavern this week with a lunch time performance. In the travelled over to Aintree for another session at the Aintree Institute.
This was just two small parts of the largest display of Beatles collectibles I’ve come across… and then there was the room full of every variation of a vinyl Beatles release…
Thursday 17th August, 1961 The first Beatles fan letters appeared in today’s issue of Mersey Beat which also included a poem by John Lennon entitled “I Remember Arnold.” The boys themselves played an evening gig at the St. John’s Hall in Tuebrook, also on the bill were the Big Three. For this night only The [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
