This was The Beatles' sixth of 48 consecutive nights performing at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany. (more...)
Live: Indra Club, Hamburg
This was The Beatles' fifth of 48 consecutive nights performing at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany. (more...)
Live: Indra Club, Hamburg
This was The Beatles' fourth of 48 consecutive nights performing at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany. (more...)
Live: Indra Club, Hamburg
This was The Beatles' third of 48 consecutive nights performing at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany. (more...)
The Beatles' second day in Hamburg
Following their first performance at the Indra Club, The Beatles stayed at venue owner Bruno Koschmider's flat in Hamburg. (more...)
The Beatles' first performance in Hamburg
The Beatles arrived in Hamburg, Germany in the early evening of 17 August 1960, for the first of 48 nights at the Indra Club on the Grosse Freiheit street. (more...)
Travel: Liverpool to Hamburg
The second major phase in The Beatles' story was about to begin. On 16 August 1960 they embarked on the journey from Liverpool to Hamburg, Germany. (more...)
Pete Best auditions for The Beatles
Since The Beatles had an impending trip to play in Hamburg but no drummer, they held an audition for the vacant position at the Blue Angel, manager Allan Williams' Liverpool club. (more...)
Paul McCartney offers audition to mystery drummer
Paul McCartney wrote to a drummer on this day offering an audition to join The Beatles on their first trip to Hamburg. (more...)
The Beatles ask Pete Best to join
With their Saturday night residency at the Grosvenor Ballroom cancelled due to local complaints, The Beatles had some time off. On this night they went to Mona Best's Casbah Coffee Club where they saw The Blackjacks playing. (more...)
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
Having performed at the Grosvenor Ballroom on each consecutive Saturday since 4 June 1960, The Silver Beetles' residency came to a close on this night. (more...)
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
The penultimate show of The Silver Beetles' Saturday night residency at the notoriously rough Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey. (more...)
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
This was The Silver Beetles' eighth consecutive Saturday night show at the Grosvenor Ballroom, a venue in Liscard Wallasey run by local promoter Les Dodd under the name Paramount Enterprises. (more...)
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
This was another of The Silver Beetles' regular concerts at the Grosvenor Ballroom, which took place every Saturday night in June and July 1960. (more...)
Live: The Institute, Neston, Wirral
The Silver Beetles had performed regularly on Thursday nights at the Neston Institute since 2 June 1960. This was their sixth and final show at the venue. (more...)
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
The Silver Beetles had been performing regularly at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey, since 4 June 1960. This time, however, they were joined onstage by a special guest: Johnny Gentle, with whom they had toured Scotland in May. (more...)
Live: The Institute, Neston, Wirral
This was The Silver Beetles' penultimate show at the Neston Institute, and their last in the month of June 1960.
They performed six times in total at the venue, the final time being on 7 July 1960.
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
This was The Silver Beetles' fourth consecutive Saturday night show at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey, a venue run by local promoter Les Dodd. (more...)
Live: The Institute, Neston, Wirral
During June and July 1960, The Silver Beetles had regular engagements at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Wallasey on Saturday nights, and at the Neston Institute on Thursdays. The events were promoted by Paramount Enterprises, run by Les Dodd.
Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
18 June 1960 was Paul McCartney's 18th birthday. Instead of celebrating with a night off, he and The Silver Beetles gave one of their usual Saturday night concerts at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey. (more...)
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