Friday, 2nd January, 1962
The Beatles play their first professionally organized gig outside of the Merseyside area when they appear at the Oasis Club on Lloyd Street in Manchester.
For the first time The Beatles played to a pre-set typed out set list rather than make up the set as they went along. They played a total of twenty two numbers during the evening performance.
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.
