Wednesday, 22nd August, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch time and evening gigs at The Cavern, but this day was a significant one for The Beatles. The lunch time session was filmed by Granada TV (the local North of England broadcaster who covered the Liverpool and Manchester area) for a program called Know The North, [...]
According to a report in the TIMES newspaper ” despite splitting up more than 30 years ago, The Beatles are still helping to boost sales of British bands abroad. There was a surge in the number of British albums being sold in Europe in 2006. The statistics from the BPI, the UK recorded music industry [...]
Monday, 20th August, 1962 The Beatles played another gig at The Majestic Ballroom in Crewe.
Sunday, 19th August, 1962 The Beatles played a night time gig at The Cavern. This was Ringo’s first appearence at The Cavern as a member of The Beatles, and the Pete Best fans weren’t happy about it. As the group entered the club a fight broke out with some of Pete’s supporters and George Harrison [...]
Saturday, 18th August, 1962 The first official gig featuring the finalized Fab Four line up of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Ringo had two hours of rehersal with the group before they went on stage at the Hulme Hall, in the village of Port Sunlight in Birkenhead. The gig was billed as the “After Show [...]
Friday, 17th August, 1962 The Beatles had two gigs across the River Mersey on the Wirral. The evening kicked off with a performance at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead, followed by a late night engagement at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton. The Big Three’s Johnny Hutchinson once more filled in on drums bridging the [...]
Thursday, 16th August, 1962 Early in the day Brian Epstein informed Pete Best that his services would no longer be required as a member of The Beatles. Pete had been with the group for just over 2 years. He would be replced by Ringo Starr. Pete originally agreed to play until Ringo could join a [...]
EMI and iTunes have announced that they started offering didgital downloads of John Lennon’s solo albums earlier this week. The digital retailer is offering the eight albums Lennon recorded between 1969 and his murder in 1980 in addition to collections such as “Anthology,” “Milk and Honey” and “Working Class Hero.” For the first 30 days, [...]
Wednesday, 15th August, 2007 The Beatles played two gigs at The Cavern with lunch-time and noght-time engagements. Although he didn’t know it yet, these would be Pete Best’s last gigs as a Beatle. At some point during the day Brian Epstein had asked Pete to stop by his offices at NEMS the following day. Earlier [...]
I was amused to see this story pop up on various newswires and websites last week. Legendary rock group The Beatles were mobbed by diplomats at the British embassy in Washington, when they visited the place for a charity ball, newly released government files have revealed. This incident has been well reported and documented for [...]
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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.
