Wednesday, 13th June, 1962 Another two-gigs in a day at The Cavern as part of The Beatles exclusive 12-day deal with the Liverpool club. The group preformed for capicity crowds at lunch time and in the evening.
The first of Paul McCartney‘s “secret” gigs to promotoe “Memory Almost Full” in the US took place Wendesday night at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. The New York Times reports that the 90 minute set was similar to that performed at the recent London gig, although this time the crowd of invited guests [...]
Tuesday, 12th June, 1962 Back in Liverpool, as part of their 12 day exclusive, The Beatles played both lunch time and night time gigs at The Cavern.
Following the highly publicized, sucessful “secret” gig in the UK last week to promote “Memory Almost Full,” we have heard that Paul McCartney may be perfoming similar gigs around the US, possibly starting as early as tomorrow (June 12th). So far we have heard rumors of possible dates in New York, Los Angeles and maybe even right [...]
Monday, 11 June, 1962 The Beatles returned to the Playhouse Theater in Manchester for their second recording session for the BBC Light Radio show “Teenager’s Turn – Here We Go.” Rehearsal started at 4:00pm with the show taping running between 8:45pm and 9:00pm. The Beatles perfomed standards “Besame Mucho,” and “A Picture of You” as [...]
In his stunning new graphic novel, Alice In Sunderland, writer/artist Bryan Talbot makes several passing references to The Beatles and includes a few cameo appearences by the Fab Four  and John Lennon.
Saturday, 9th June, 1962 “The Beatles Welcome Home Show” at The Cavern drew a record crowd of 900 to the popular Liverpool venue. The show ran from 7:00pm to midnight with The Red River Jazzmen, Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes, and the Four Jays joing The Beatles on the bill. The Cavern management had signed [...]
As part of the on-going promotional activity for Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney has been playing a few surprise gigs, including a celebrity packed “secret gig” at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London. Sound Check  Hey Jude  plus an appearence on the BBC show “Later With Jools Holland“, where along with several tracks from his new [...]
Wednesday, 6th June, 1962 One of the most important days in Beatles history. Today The Beatles played in Studio Two at the EMI Studios at 3, Abbey Road, London for the first time. The session ran from 7:00 to 10:00pm and started off with The Beatles running through a selection of (undocumented) tunes as an informal [...]
Over at the Monsters & Critics website is a piece by Paul McCartney giving some of the background and thoughts on each of the tracks featured on Memory Almost Full. Discussing the single track, Dance Tonight, Paul says “With this little instrument at home over the holiday, I started stomping in the kitchen, just enjoying [...]
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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.
