Liverpool considers Beatles Trail of iconic locations

14 October 2009 (4 months ago)

Liverpool councillors are to discuss creating a Beatles trail of some of the best-known locations connected to the group. Read more »

John Lennon's former girlfriend May Pang visits his childhood home

16 June 2009 (8 months ago)

John Lennon's former girlfriend, May Pang, visited the Beatle's childhood home during a visit to the city. Read more »

Struggling Penny Lane businesses ask for help

17 March 2009 (11 months ago)

Small businesses in Liverpool have called on tourism bosses to improve the struggling area of Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles in 1967. Read more »

Liverpool Hope University launches Beatles masters degree

4 March 2009 (1 year ago)

A postgraduate masters course in The Beatles, Popular Music and Society is being launched by Liverpool Hope University. Read more »

The Beatles' Liverpool

7 April 2008 (1 year ago)

Some Other Guy

16 March 2008 (1 year ago)

Live At The BBC album cover artwork Written by: Leiber-Stoller-Barrett
Recorded: 19 June 1963
Producer: Ron Belchier

Released: 30 November 1994

John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
George Harrison: lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums

Available on:
Live At The BBC

Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett, Some Other Guy was first released by Barrett as a single in 1962. Footage of The Beatles performing Some Other Guy is the only known surviving film of the group at the Cavern Club. Read more »

The Beatles' final Liverpool concert

5 December 1965 (44 years ago)

The Beatles' final live concerts in Liverpool took place on this evening at the city's Empire Theatre. Read more »

The Liverpool premiere of A Hard Day's Night

10 July 1964 (45 years ago)

Four days after the world premiere of A Hard Day's Night in London, The Beatles arrived in Liverpool for the northern England premiere. Read more »

The Beatles appear on Juke Box Jury

7 December 1963 (46 years ago)

A busy day for The Beatles. In the afternoon they filmed a special edition of the BBC television show Juke Box Jury, before performing for 2,500 hometown fans. In the evening they played another two shows at the nearby Odeon Cinema. Read more »

Television: The Mersey Sound

30 August 1963 (46 years ago)

This was the fourth and final day in which The Beatles were filmed by BBC producer Don Haworth for the documentary The Mersey Sound. Read more »

Television: The Mersey Sound

29 August 1963 (46 years ago)

For the third day of filming for Don Haworth's BBC documentary The Mersey Sound, The Beatles were filmed in their home city Liverpool. Read more »

The Beatles' final Cavern Club show

3 August 1963 (46 years ago)

After nearly 300 performances at Liverpool's Cavern Club, this was their final show at the venue. Read more »

Live: Grafton Rooms, Liverpool

2 August 1963 (46 years ago)

The Beatles' fourth and final show at this Liverpool venue. They had first performed their almost a year to the day earlier, on 3 August 1962. Read more »

Lennon and McCartney finish writing She Loves You

27 June 1963 (46 years ago)

The day after they began writing She Loves You in a Newcastle hotel room, John Lennon and Paul McCartney finished the song in the dining room of McCartney's family home at 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool. Read more »

Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party

18 June 1963 (46 years ago)

Paul McCartney celebrated his 21st birthday with a party held at his Aunt Jin's house at 147 Dinas Lane, Huyton, Liverpool. Read more »

Live: Grafton Rooms, Liverpool

12 June 1963 (46 years ago)

The Beatles' third known concert at Liverpool's Grafton Rooms had been arranged in February 1963, and was a fundraiser for the charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Read more »

Live: Empire Theatre, Liverpool

26 May 1963 (46 years ago)

The eighth date of The Beatles' UK tour with Roy Orbison was a homecoming show at Liverpool's Empire Theatre. Read more »

Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool

12 April 1963 (46 years ago)

The Beatles headlined an eight-hour Rhythm And Blues Marathon at the Cavern Club on Good Friday, 12 April 1963. Read more »

Live: Empire Theatre, Liverpool

24 March 1963 (46 years ago)

A triumphant homecoming show for The Beatles, who gave a performance at the Empire Theatre. It was their first performance in the city in over a month, and came in the same week their debut album Please Please Me was released. Read more »

Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool

19 February 1963 (47 years ago)

By February 1963 appearances by The Beatles at Liverpool's Cavern Club certainly weren't unusual. However, by this time their fame had grown considerably, and demand to see them was high. Read more »