Penny Lane controversy
A Penny Lane street sun. Photo: Jackie Spencer Contrary to public opinion, the street “Penny Lane” in Liverpool was likely NOT named after James Penny, the anti-abolitionist and slave merchant who was said to...
Category: Beatles Liverpool
1959 photo of John, Paul and George unearthed
Paul, John and George in Mona Best’s living room, late 1959. Causing quite a commotion among Beatles fans when it was published by the BBC as well as in the Daily Mail on April...
The end of Star-Club
Grosse Freiheit in 1970 The very famous Star-Club in Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg closed its doors on December 31, 1969. 50 years later, one of the last club operators – Achim Reichel – tells the...
The Cavern Club – The Beat Goes On …
Also available on DVD from the Cavern Club shop. Presented by Paul McGann, The Cavern Club and LA Factual have come together to produce ‘The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On’, a unique documentary...
Mojo celebrates Abbey Road
The upcoming edition of Mojo magazine celebrates Abbey Road’s 50th anniversary. The October edition of MOJO music magazine is in the shops in the UK on the 20th of August and comes in a...
Casbah poster found
Pete Howard at Poster Central has found another old poster advertising the Beatles. It’s hand drawn by Neil Aspinall and Mona Best, and is actually advertising a rare constellation of the Beatles: It’s from...
Rare films to be screened in Liverpool
As part of International Beatles Week, the British Music Experience have partnered with Kaleidoscope to screen astonishing missing-believed-wiped tapes from television performances from The Beatles and many more on 24 August 2019. The British...
This Girl: The Cynthia Lennon Story
Playing in Liverpool during International Beatle Week. During this year’s International Beatle Week in Liverpool, a multimedia musical theatre piece called “This Girl: The Cynthia Lennon Story” will happen at the Hope Street Theatre...
The chip shop where Paul met John
A couple of Beatles fans from Liverpool have tried to pinpoint the exact newsagents and chip shop where Paul McCartney had his first encounter with John Lennon. Paul has been very coy about this,...
Liverpool Weekend
Lots of people wanted to have their photo taken with the Beatles statues. Just back from a family weekend in Liverpool, where I finally got the chance to see the Double Fantasy John &...
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