Friday, 22 March, 1963 The Montez/Roe tour heads back north for a gig at the Gaumont Cinema in Doncaster.

The current issue of HARP magazine has an somewhat irreverant look at last year’s Fest For Beatles Fans held in Las Vegas. Personally, I find Las Vegas, a city built on a foundation of reckless capitalism, felony and greed, to be a curious location for a festival celebrating a group of artists who once represented [...]

Thursday, 21 March, 1963 Between 1:00 and 2:00pm The Beatles were at the BBC studios in Picadilly, London to record a session for the Light Programme show On The Scene. They performed three songs, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret and Please Please Me. The show would be broadcast on the following Thursday. [...]

Ringo Starr‘s ex-girlfriend from the late 1970s period,  Nancy Lee Andrews, recently gave an in-depth interview to the excellent Daytrippin’ website to help promote her new book of photographs, A Dose of Rock n Roll.

Wednesday, 20 March, 1963 Another cinema gig on the Montez/Roe tour as The Beatles play the ABC Cinema on South Street in Romford, Essex.

The BBC reports that a full set of Beatles’ autographs scrawled on a birth certificate is expected to fetch up to £3,000 when it goes under the hammer later this year.The owner was serving on Salisbury Plain in the 1960s when the band filmed Help! there with the Royal Scots Greys. He was drinking with [...]

Tuesday, 19th March, 1963 The Montez/Roe Tour dates continued at the Regal Cinema on St. Andrews Street in Cambridge.

According to the Scottish Daily Record a previously unpublished photograph of The Beatles backstage at a 1963 concert at the Carlton cinema in Kirkcaldy helped one reseracher uncover a long forgotten soft drink once manufactured by Scottish drinks manufacturer Barrs.

Monday, 18th March, 1963 As part of the continuing Montez/Roe tour, The Beatles play at the Regal Cinema on St. Aldate Street in Gloucester.

Sunday, 17th March, 1963 Still on the Roe/Montez tour, The Beatles play the Embassy Cinema in Peterborough.