According to a report in NME, a rare Beatles documentary is one of the highlights of the upcoming Mods & Rockers film festival, set to take place July 13 through August 1 in Los Angeles. The festival will open with ‘What’s Happening! The Beatles In The USA’, a documentary about the fab four’s first visit [...]
An auction of Beatles Memorabilia to be held in Las Vegas on July 3 in conjunction with the Beatles Fest will feature several examples of original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s art. The lots include Abstract Sculpture, Abstract Figures on Paper, Seagull Painting, Abstract Oil Paintings, Charcoal and Ink Artworks, Handwritten Song Lyrics and Set Lists, Handwritten Poems, [...]
Sunday, 24th June, 1962 The Beatles played what would be their last gig at the Casbah Coffee Club in the West Derby area of Liverpool. The club, owned and operated by the Best family and located in the cellar of their family home, had been in operation since October 1959, but would close at the [...]
According to this report on the Post & Chronicle website, Paul McCartney is reportedly planning to sign a second record deal with the Starbucks HEAR MUSIC label, after the impressive sales of Memory Almost Full. McCartney originally signed a one-album deal with Starbucks to test out if the venture would be sucessful. After the album went [...]
Saturday, 23rd June, 1962 The Beatles play their first gig in the Cheshire salt-mining town of Northwich, about 25 miles from Liverpool. The gig is at the Victory Memorial Hall on Chester Way in the town center. This gig is in effect an “audition” for promoter, Lewis Buckley, who ran “beat music” dances at various [...]
According to various reports, it appears that George Harrison will be among the celebrities who will be awarded a pavement star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008. The only other Beatle to recieve the same honor so far is John Lennon.
Friday, 22nd June, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch-time and night-time gigs at The Cavern.
On Tuesday, June 26th, BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a special documentry to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “THE DAY THAT JOHN MET PAUL” at a church fate in Liverpool. John was performing with his group The Quarry Men (see photo above) when he was introduced to Paul by thier mutual friend Ivan Vaughan. The [...]
Art teacher Geraldine Brock didn’t get much work out of a tall teenager with glasses. He was polite but not interested. His studies of flowers and foliage usually incomplete because he left the class early. She said: “They were OK, but unfinished and he left them and I used to bin them. I wish now [...]
Thursday, 21st June, 1962 The Beatles returned to the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton for a show promoted by Cavern DJ, Bob Wooler. The show line up is evidence of Brian Epstein’s early marketing skill. He developed the habit of signing current chart topping acts to act as headliners, with The Beatles as nominal support. [...]
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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.
