Chas Newby speaks
The Beatles’ first left-handed bass player has given an interview to Sunday Mercury about his time with the group. When the Beatles arrived back in Liverpool from their first stint in Hamburg, Stuart Sutcliffe...
Category: Beatles Concerts
The Beatles – The Vegas Job
Not your average Beatles audience in Las Vegas As far as rock’n’roll fans are concerned, a residency in Las Vegas is the ultimate betrayal. Rock is in it’s essence rebellion against the establishment, whereas...
The “Royal Command Performance” poster
The Beatles Royal Command Performance poster is said to have been created around their first, 1964, visit to America, during which they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and played Carnegie Hall and Washington...
Beatles in Croydon
The Beatles play the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, on April 25th 1963. This was part of the ‘Mersey Beat’ tour one month after the release of their first album ‘Please Please Me’. Also on the...
“Star Club” safety master for sale
Postcard from Hamburg The recordings which were used as the basis for albums such as ‘The Beatles Live At the Hamburg Star Club 1962‘ is up for graps in an upcoming auction. The description...
Beatles do Washington – again
A documentary film entitled “The Beatles The Lost Concert” about the birth of Beatlemania in the USA is making a limited engagement in US Cinemas May 17 and 22. The film includes the full...
The final UK Tour December 1965
When I first started this blog, I was deep into my research of three early Beatles tours, The Helen Shapiro Tour, The Roy Orbison Tour and The Montez/Roe Tour. The reason for my research...
“Home” finds a home
One of the things Beatles fans indulge in, is trying to imagine what an early Beatles concert would be like. Oh, to have a properly equipped DeLorean! Little exists in the way of recorded...
Beatles/Orbison tour recording
Someone claims to have made an audio recording of songs from the Roy Orbison and Beatles concerts that took place in Walthamstow on May 24th, 1963. And he still has the tape. He posted...
Manchester 63
Yes, it’s “The Beatles Come To Town” again, this time from Pathe’s official YouTube account! Posted a few days ago, the film is available in 720p for your viewing pleasure. But what’s with the...
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