The Beatles Bible

The Beatles' first performances of 1965 were a continuation of The Beatles' Christmas Show, the variety night which ran from 24 December 1964 until 16 January 1965. Read more »

Following the success of The Beatles' Christmas Show in December 1963 and early 1964, Brian Epstein decided the group should repeat the trick, this time at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. Read more »

The Beatles' Christmas Show, their variety show which began on 24 December 1963, ended on this night, with the group playing to two houses.

The Beatles performed two shows at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, on the penultimate evening of the group's Christmas show residency.

The Beatles' Christmas Show, which had been taking place at the Astoria Cinema in London's Finsbury Park since December 1963, continued on this evening with a further two performances.

Two more performances in The Beatles' series of Christmas shows at the Astoria Cinema in London's Finsbury Park.

Prior to their evening performances for The Beatles' Christmas Show, The Beatles recorded a music session for the BBC radio show Saturday Club. Read more »

Two more performances of The Beatles' Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. Read more »

The Beatles recorded a series of 'open-ended' answers for use by US disc jockeys on this day at EMI's Manchester Square headquarters. Read more »

The Beatles' residency at the Astoria Cinema in London's Finsbury Park continued on this night, with another two performances of The Beatles' Christmas Show.

Another two houses at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London, for The Beatles' Christmas Show.

The Beatles' first show of 1964 was much the same as their last of 1963: a continuation of The Beatles' Christmas Show, their residency at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London. Read more »

The Beatles' first performances of 1964 were a continuation of The Beatles' Christmas Show, the variety night which ran from 24 December 1963 until 11 January 1964. Read more »

There were normally two 'houses' during the run of The Beatles' Christmas Show, on this evening, however, there was just one, to give the group, the other performers and crew time for New Year celebrations. Read more »

The Beatles performed twice on this day, as part of the continuing run at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. The season continued until 11 January 1964.

The Beatles' Christmas Show season continuesd on this day, with two more shows at the Astoria Cinema in London's Finsbury Park.

Two more shows at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London.

The second day of performances at the Astoria Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, for The Beatles' 1963 Christmas season specials. Read more »

The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, who himself had had theatrical aspirations, conceived this variety show featuring the group. It ran at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London for 16 nights around Christmas 1963. Read more »