Friday, 30th November, 1962 The Beatles played a lunch time gig at The Cavern in Liverpool before setting out for the Lancashire town of Newton-le-Willows for an evening perfomance at the Town Hall on Market Street. The evening gig was billed as “The Big Beat Show No 2″ and was promoted by T&T Vicars Sports [...]
Ringo Starr’s new album Liverpool 8 is due to be released on Monday, January 14. The title track from the record, Ringo’s first new solo release with Capitol/EMI since 1974, is to be released on Tuesday as a digital single. Ringo said the upbeat track refers to the L8 area of the city where he [...]
Thursday, 29th November, 1962 The Beatles played a gig at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead, across the River Mersey from Liverpool.
The last of four baseballs signed by the Fab Four in 1966 goes up for sale at the upcoming Christies Rock-n-Roll Auction. It is expected to fetch between $15,000 and $20,000. The equipment manager of the Washington DC Senators took his four children to the stadium before the concert, on August 15th, 1966 and each child had a [...]
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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.
