The Beatles Bible

The cast for the stage adaptation of the Beatles film Backbeat has been announced. Read more »

A new exhibition featuring works by John Lennon is to open at The Dome in Edinburgh. Read more »

Rare silent film footage of The Beatles in Scotland in 1964 has failed to sell at auction. Read more »

While holidaying in Scotland with Yoko Ono, her daughter Kyoko and his son Julian, John Lennon crashed his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car in Golspie near Loch Eriboll in the Highlands. Read more »

June 1969 was a month of rest for The Beatles, who were taking a break from the Abbey Road sessions. Following a brief trip to Wales, John Lennon and Yoko Ono drove to Scotland for a brief holiday on 29 June. Read more »

The Beatles' only UK tour of 1965 was also their final one as a group. It began with two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Glasgow. Read more »

The Beatles had a rare day off on 6 June, but resumed the Roy Orbison tour the following day with a concert at the Odeon Cinema in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more »

Although The Beatles had concluded their five-date tour of Scotland, they remained in the country to record an appearance on the children's television show Roundup. Read more »

The Beatles' January 1963 tour of Scotland concluded on this evening, with a performance at the Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen.

The penultimate date of The Beatles' January 1963 tour of Scotland took place at the Museum Hall in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. Read more »

This was the second stop on The Beatles' five-date Scottish tour of January 1963.

The Beatles began their first tour of 1963 with a performance at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, on 3 January. Read more »

The Beatles had been due to fly from London to Edinburgh on the morning of 2 January 1963. Due to bad weather, however, their flight was changed and they landed in Aberdeen instead. Read more »

In preparation for their impending Scottish tour, The Beatles flew back from Hamburg to London on 1 January 1963. Read more »

The Silver Beetles' final tour date with Johnny Gentle. The following day they arrived back in Liverpool, poorer than when they'd left, but with some valuable experience of playing live on tour. Read more »

The Silver Beetles' penultimate show as the backing band for Scouse singer Johnny Gentle was at the Regal Ballroom, situated on Leopold Street in Nairn. Read more »

The fifth date of The Silver Beetles' tour of Scotland with Liverpudlian singer Johnny Gentle. Read more »

The Silver Beetles had another day off from the Scotland tour with Johnny Gentle on 24 May 1960, which gave drummer Tommy Moore a chance to recover from his road accident the previous day. But they continued the next day with a performance in Keith, Banffshire. Read more »

The Silver Beetles had a day off on 22 May from their Scottish tour with Johnny Gentle, but continued the following day with a performance in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Read more »

The day after their Scottish debut, the Silver Beetles travelled 150 miles north to Inverness to continue their seven-date tour with Liverpudlian singer Johnny Gentle. Read more »