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...
Category: Beatles Liverpool
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...
The Forthlin Sessions
The Forthlin Sessions initiative, backed by Paul McCartney’s brother Mike, will see artists chosen by Mike and local partners to write music in the childhood home of the McCartneys, in Forthlin Road, Liverpool. Some...
A Lennon in Liverpool
Sean Ono Lennon has been in Liverpool for a few days, to unveil a university performance centre named in honour of his mother, Yoko Ono. Sean Ono Lennon will open Liverpool University’s new “world...
George Harrison’s childhood home becomes Airbnb
After many months of speculation and possibly a sale, George Harrison’s former childhood home in 25, Upton Green in Speke has become available to rent as an Airbnb. The three bedroom house is close...
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