Beatles Social Network
A new Beatles social network has just started – it is basically Facebook for Beatles fans. The content is strictly Beatles only. There’s already around 500 “Beatle people” there, and more to come. Just...
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Beatle Week 2012 brochure available
The Beatle Week in Liverpool, is THE annual event for Beatles fans here in Europe, with bands from over 20 countries and fans from over 40. As well as live gigs, there are exhibitions,...
At last, The Harry Nilsson Documentary on DVD
Finally, the DVD about Harry Nilsson (from the same film makers that did the “The US vs John Lennon” has found a distributor. The DVD will be available on October 26th in the USA...
Sue Baker and The Beatles
The Daily Mail has an interesting story about 15 year old Beatles fan Sue Baker who took her younger brother, went to see the Beatles’ homes and even met them. The first Beatle she...
Lord Woodbine: The forgotten sixth Beatle
Lord Woodbine taught the Fab Four the blues– but was written out of pop history. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and James McGrath pay tribute. The Independent
Ken Brown RIP
Ken Brown was briefly a member of the Quarry Men, and although his short tenure ended acrimoniously, it did its part to help the group evolve into the Beatles. In August 1959, the Quarry...
Magic Alex hits back
Acclaimed as a science prodigy from his teens, Yannis Alexis Mardas moved from his native Greece to England in the early 1960s. He met Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones around 1963, and was...
Sgt Pepper: Who is who?
Here’s something which I hope will be a good resource for Beatles scholars and students for years to come. This is a guide to who all the people on the “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts...
The Casbah Club – 50th anniversary
The Casbah Coffee Club in 8 Hayman’s Green, West Derby, Liverpool was the basement of Mona Best’s (mother of Pete Best) house, converted into a youth club where young people could come and hang...
Postcard from London
Giles Martin and yours truly. Yes gang, WogBlog is on the road again! Vacation part two is taking place here in London, and I lucked out twice today. I was at Abbey Road for...
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