Mersey Beat Revival
Liverpool’s own music paper “Mersey Beat” was founded and edited by one of John Lennon’s art school friends and member of “The Dissenters”, residing in the Ye Cracke pub. Lennon participated with his own...
Category: Beatles Liverpool
The Teatles phenomenon – an interview
Some years ago, we started noticing that there was a Twitter account all about the Beatles and tea. Then a fanzine appeared, looking like The Beatles Monthly Book, called The Teatles Book. We never...
Ringo pub for sale
The building that housed the pub “The Empress”, famously featured on the cover of Ringo Starr’s first solo album, is for sale. The seven rooms upstairs have all been refurbished and made into studios,...
Mona’s diary
In an upcoming auction, Mona Best’s early 1960 booking diary for her Casbah Club is for sale. You might remember that after having lost Colin, their drummer, the second to last incarnation of the...
Pete’s Beatles drumskin
On the 28th of September the Liverpool Beatles Museum unveiled the first Beatles drumskin to have the groups name displayed. The bass drumskin pre dates any other bass drumskin or Beatles logo known to...
The beetle logo shows up on TV
Pete Best did not have his name or a logo on his bass drum while playing in The Beatles, although someone has later added a logo to one of the early photos with the...
Bono confirms half a bar of chocolate united Lennon-McCartney
It’s been known by die-hard Beatles fans for a while, and we shared the story in 2013. Now Bono has a book out where he confirms that Paul told him the story about where...
Newly discovered Beatles photos from 1961
Discovered by memorabilia experts Tracks Ltd, here are two photos of the Beatles you will not have seen before. They are photographed in Liverpool’s Cavern Club in 1961, and the group had recently returned...
The Forthlin sessions
Premiering June 18th for Paul McCartney’s 80th birthday is this video from the former McCartney home in Forthlin Road, Liverpool. Four new artists perform their songs inspired by the music of the Beatles at...
New book from Liverpool
Mike and Bernadette “Bernie” Byrne, the original founders of The Beatles Story, Liverpool’s oldest, still operative Beatles’ Museum, are launching a new book recounting the journey of the birth of the museum and their...
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