Sunday, 6 October, 1963 The Beatles play the second night of their mini Scottish tour with two shows at the Carlton Theatre in Sinclairtown, Kirkaldy. The gig was promoted by the owners of the local Raith Ballroom but switched to the theatre due to Brain Epstein’s new ruling that The Beatles would only play in [...]
Saturday, 5 October, 1963 The Beatles embark on a three date mini-tour of Scotland with a performance at the Concert Hall on Argyle Street in Glasgow.
Saturday, 7 September, 1963 On the way to Croydon for an evening gig, The Beatles stop at the Playhouse Theatre in London to record an appearance on the BBC radio program “Saturday Club,” a special edition marking the show’s fifth anniversary. The Beatles record the songs “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Memphis,” “Happy Birthday Saturday [...]
Thursday, 5 September, 1963 The Beatles continue their ad-hoc tour of seaside town cinema venues with a performance at the Gaumont Cinema in Taunton.
Saturday, 31 August, 1963 The Beatles complete their six-night engagement at the Odeon Cinema in Southport with two more evening shows.
Friday, 30 August, 1963 Filming for the BBC TV documentary continues in Liverpool. This time it picks up outside Ringo’s house at 10 Admiral Grove with Ringo battling his way past a crowd of adoring and screaming kids to George’s waiting open topped car. John and Paul were present but did not participate in this [...]
Thursday, 29 August, 1963 Another day of shooting for the BBC TV documentary, this time back home in Liverpool with The Beatles filmed walking on the top deck of a Mersey ferry boat, signing autographs etc. Then it was off to Liverpool’s Speke airport (now John Lennon Airport) to film a fake arrival scene with [...]
Wednesday, 28 August, 1963 Filming for the BBC TV documentary once again starts at 9:30am, this time at the BBC studios in Manchester, where the group are interviewed in a dressing room about their hopes and aims for the future. They were then filmed applying stage make-up and walking around backstage with guitars as if [...]
Tuesday, 27 August, 1963 As well as playing two shows a night this week, The Beatles were also traveling between Southport, Liverpool and Manchester to participate in the filming of a BBC TV documentary about the Mersey Beat boom. The first filming took place at 9:30am with the group playing on stage at a smaller [...]
Monday, 26th August, 1963 The Beatles start another six-night residency playing at a seaside town cinema. This time it’s a little closer to home at the Odeon Cinema in Southport, just north of Liverpool. Once again they will play two performances each night using the following song list, “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Thank You Girl,” “Chains,” [...]
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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.
