Saturday, 5th January, 1963 The Beatles continued their Scottish tour with a perfomance at the Museum Hall on Henderson Street in the town of Bridge of Allan. Meanwhile back in Liverpool the Liverpool Echo newspaper’s music crtic “Disker” reviews the upcoming Please, Please Me at length. “Disker” was in fact Tony Barrow, who was also the Beatles [...]
Sunday, 9th December, 1962 The Beatles played a night time gig at The Cavern. Among the audience were George Martin and his assistant, Judy Lockhart-Smith, who were investigating the possibilty of doing a live recording at The Beatles “home” venue.
The BBC reports that a photograph of a teenage John Lennon has been unearthed after being locked in a cupboard for 50 years. The 1958 picture of the 17-year-old Beatles legend wearing a camel hair coat and with a quiff was uncovered by the BBC’s Inside Out North West. Lennon was pictured on Liverpool’s Lime [...]
According to a report in the Iceland Review, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will arrive in Iceland October 5 and are scheduled to attend the Unveiling of Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island off ReykjavÃk October 9, on her late husband’s John Lennon’s birthday.The Imagine Peace Tower is a powerful beacon of light representing [...]
Tuesday, 4th September, 1962 The Beatles flew from Liverpool airport to London on this morning, checking in to a small Chelsea hotel before heading to the EMI Studios on Abbey Road for a their first official recording session. The previous visit having been classed as an “audition.” The aim of this session was to try [...]
Thursday, 30th August, 1962 The Beatles played a lunch time gig at The Cavern before heading out to Chester for a night time engagement at the city’s Riverpark Ballroom off Love Street. The Beatles, described on the events poster as “The North’s No 1 Rock Combo” headlined an evening of “Non-Stop Twsit & Jive” starting [...]
Thursday, 23rd August, 1962 John Lennon spent the morning getting married to his long time, and newly pregnant, girlfriend Cynthia Powell. The ceremony took place at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in central Liverpool with Paul McCartney as the best man. The wedding “reception” is lunch at the nearby crowded Reeces Cafe, where the couple [...]
According to a report by NME, never-before-seen footage of The Beatles filmed by the Fab Four’s former roadie Mal Evans (below) and hidden for decades in an attic was released on August 1 to the MBop website where the reformatted and restored clips are now available for download. The clips include secret concert footage as well as [...]
Thursday, 21st June, 1962 The Beatles returned to the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton for a show promoted by Cavern DJ, Bob Wooler. The show line up is evidence of Brian Epstein’s early marketing skill. He developed the habit of signing current chart topping acts to act as headliners, with The Beatles as nominal support. [...]
According to a report on the Access Hollywood website, Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be joined by Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison will attend a special dedication ceremony in honor of the late John Lennon and George Harrison, in conjunction with the one-year anniversary of Cirque du Soleil’s “LOVE.” The dedication will take place on [...]
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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.
