Friday, 13th April, 1962
The Beatles start a seven week engagement at Hamburg’s newest rock venue, The Star-Club on Grosse Freiheit. During the engagement the Beatles would play every night except one (April 20th) and were contracted to play four hours one night and three the next. They played a one hour on, one hour off rota.
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.
