The Fest For Beatles Fans got off to a great start last night as hundreds of Beatles aficionados descended on the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Filling 15 meeting rooms across three floors of the hotel “The Fest” has something for every Beatles fan. Most of the action was around the lobby level […]
Friday, 11th August, 1961
The Beatles rounded of their week at The Cavern with their second night time gig of the week.
Thursday, 10th August, 1961
For the third time in as many days The Beatles appeared at The Cavern, today it was another lunch time show. In the evening they had an engagement playing at the St. John’s Hall in Tuebrook.
The LA Weekly is reporting that after 23 years, the popular Sunday Los Angeles based radio show Breakfast with the Beatles is set to go off the air September 3.
Host Chris Carter announced the bad news midway through last Sunday’s broadcast: “We can hear the Beatles on a lot of stations,” he said, voice cracking, […]
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CMT reports that rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis will release an album of all-star duets on September 26th entitled “Last Man Standing”, the album will also feature performances from many other rock icons including Ringo Starr.
Wednesday, 9th August, 1961
The Beatles played their second engagement of the week at The Cavern, this time is was an evening gig.
To celebrate the official press launch of Blog, Blog Me Do this week we are sponsoring a competition open to readers of the blog and attendees at the Chicago Fest For Beatles Fans. A competition keyword has been posted on the site and visitors can either e-mail the keyword to the address given or, if they are […]
Tuesday, 8th August, 1961
The Beatles played The Cavern at lunchtime in the first of four apperances at the venue this week.
According to a UPI news story BBC America has made a deal with international distributor FremantleMedia to air a package of British shows never before seen in the United States. Among the never before aired shows is a documentary special called “Beatles Biggest Secrets“
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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.
