Month: May 1960

The Silver Beetles performed around a dozen times at manager Allan Williams’s cafe in Liverpool’s city centre.

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 …

The fifth date of The Silver Beetles’ tour of Scotland with Liverpudlian singer Johnny Gentle.

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 …

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.

The Silver Beetles’ seven-date tour of Scotland, backing singer Johnny Gentle, began on this day with a performance at the Town Hall in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

For one night only, the group performed as The Silver Beats, for their first proper show for Liverpool promoter Brian Kelly.

London-based music promoter Larry Parnes travelled to Liverpool to audition groups to back Billy Fury on a tour of northern England and Scotland. The audition took place at the …