Month: July 1961
This was The Beatles’ second performance at Blair Hall in Walton, Liverpool. It was also the first of three consecutive Sunday shows played by the group for Peak Promotions.
Saturday 15 July 1961 Live The Beatles performed twice at Holyoake Hall in Wavertree, Liverpool. Their second show there took place one week later, on 22 July 1961.
The Beatles’ second evening performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club took place on this date.
This was the first date on which The Beatles performed both lunchtime and evening shows at Liverpool’s Cavern Club.
Thursday 13 July 1961 Live This was The Beatles’ third performance at St John’s Hall on Snaefell Avenue in Tuebrook, Liverpool.
Thursday 6 July 1961 Media Bill Harry, a student at the Liverpool College of Art, published the first edition of Mersey Beat magazine on this day.
Following their second residency in Hamburg, at the Top Ten Club, The Beatles travelled back to Liverpool on 2 and 3 July.
Saturday 1 July 1961 Live This was the 92nd and final night of The Beatles’ lengthiest residency in Hamburg, at the Top Ten Club, which had begun on 1 April 1961.