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Home > Beatles diary > Live > Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool

Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool

12.00pm, Friday 11 January 1963 (49 years ago)

The Beatles played two shows on 11 January 1963. The first was a lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

The show was The Beatles' first at the Cavern in 1963. They performed at the famous cellar club 11 times that year, with the last taking place on 3 August 1963.

Sharing the bill this lunchtime were Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes. The Beatles' second EMI single Please Please Me was also was also released on this day.

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