A Christmas card designed by John Lennon has been re-printed to mark the 50th anniversary of Oxfam‘s seasonal cards. The yellow card depicting a bird entitled The Fat Budgie was first available as an Oxfam Christmas card at the height of Beatlemania in 1965. But it is being sold in Oxfam shops this year as [...]
Thursday, 22nd November, 1962 The Beatles played an evening gig at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead across the River Mersey from Liverpool.
The Uncut magazine website reports that Paul McCartney‘s signed giant Gibson guitar raised £60,000 ($120,000) for charity at an auction on November 20. The Gibson GuitarTown auction was held at London’s IndigO2 venue. McCartney’s 10ft tall hand-painted Gibson Les Paul replica was designed by visual artist Rosie Brooks. McCartney said: “I’m really amazed and very [...]
Wednesday, 21st November, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch time and evening gigs at The Cavern
Beatles scholar, writer and fellow ex-pat Brit, Martin Lewis, Â has produced an excellent column for Variety that discusses the strange relationship between The Beatles and the British press over the years. The British press is notorious for its fickle nature and its habit of building up heroes only to destroy them. As the article summarizes, [...]
Tuesday, 10th November, 1962 The Beatles play for two seperate “houses” at the Floral Hall in the seaside town of Southport, just north of Liverpool.
Monday, 19th November, 1962 The Beatles started off the day with a lunch time performance at The Cavern before heading out on an afternoon 85 mile drive to the Midlands for two more gigs at two different locations. They started off the evening at the Smethwick Baths Ballroom on Thimblemill Road in the town of [...]
From WhatGoesOn.com: Most Beatles fans know that the Beatles perfected their craft in Hamburg in 1960, where they met Astrid Kirchherr, a budding photographer who became close friends with the band, eventually becoming engaged to their original bassist, Stu Sutcliffe. Astrid took the first iconic and best known photographs of the Beatles during those years [...]
Sunday, 18th November, 1962 The Beatles “Welcome Home” gig at The Cavern in Liverpool city center. Also appearing on the bill were The Merseybeats.
Came across this on-line today – not sure if to be amused or appauled.. you decide.Â
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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.
