Songs for the Philippines
Despite having been treated so badly while visiting the Philippines that neither of them has ever visited the country again, The Beatles have donated two songs to the new 39-track digital charity compilation album...
Category: Beatles Tours
Pop group from Liverpool visiting Sweden
Yesterday, Staffan Olander presented a radio program at the Swedish P4 all about the Beatles’ tour of Sweden in October 1963. Mostly in Swedish, some of the participants reminisc about the tour. Non-Swedish speakers...
Missed opportunity
Upon returning from the UK with the profits from his British tour, singer Tommy Roe also brought with him a promo pack for the Please Please Me album by the Beatles, including the album...
Wrong head
What’s wrong with this picture? In 1964 the Beatles had their World Tour, which brought them to Holland, Denmark, New Zealand and Australia. In the Netherlands they played two concerts in the small town...
A Magical History Tour – Beatling around LA
The Gillymobile This summer, I had the pleasure of visiting California for the first time. Although it was a family vacation with my girlfriend and her daughter, I did find the time to do...
The Beatles in Great Yarmouth
The Beatles tours in England in 1963 have spurred several British local newspapers to bring 50th anniversary reports about when the Fabs visited their town. As an example, here’s a report from EDP24: It...
The Beatles in Rome (video)
From The Beatles Bible: Live: Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy 4.30pm, Sunday 27 June 1965. The Beatles performed two shows on this day at the Teatro Adriano in Piazza Cavour in Rome, and two more...
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...
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...
Beatles in Bournemouth
You’d be surprised to know that there are many surprising Beatles – Bournemouth connections – not least the first footage of The Beatles that was shown on US TV (now showing on YouTube) was...
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