The BBC Reports that Liverpool’s “Casbah Club” has been given a Grade II listed building status after a recommendation from the English Heritage organization. The Casbah is the club built by Pete Best’s mother Mona in the basement of their home in West Derby where the second incarnation of The Quarry Men (John Lennon, Paul [...]
Pete Best behind the drum kit as his younger self looks on… In this interview Pete reckons that Ringo benfited from Pete’s hard work – I don’t think so. And if Ringo wasn’t at The Fest in person, he was definitely there in spirit. Â
There’s only 7 days left till the start of the latest FEST FOR BEATLES FANS being held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago. This year’s Fest celebrates 30 Years of Chicago based Fests, the 40th Anniversary of Revolver plus appearences by Peter & Gordon and Pete Best and his band. Al full list of [...]
What Goes On has posted a list of the dates for the 2006 US Tour by Pete Best And The Pete Best Band. Performing the songs the Beatles were playing from 1960-1962, the Pete Best Band delivers the raw, thumping intensity of the Beatles’ savage sound of the early sixties. During the show, Pete also [...]
Forty years after The Beatles whipped Canadian fans into a frenzy for the last time at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, Beatlemania is set to hit the city all over again. The Toronto Beatles Celebration, the city’s first-ever downtown Fab Four convention, will be held September 16 and 17, organizers announced recently. The Beatles performed at [...]
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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.
