The Beatles gave their 102nd lunchtime performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club on this day.
The group’s lunchtime shows typically lasted from 12-2pm. This was their 169th known performance overall at the soon-to-be-famous cellar venue on Mathew Street in Liverpool’s city centre, including evening appearances.
The precise number of The Beatles’ Cavern performances is not known, although they played at least 155 lunchtime and 125 evening shows between 9 February 1961 and 3 August 1963.
Last updated: 25 May 2015
Also on this day...
- 1967: Mixing: Sgt Pepper crossfades, Good Morning Good Morning
- 1967: Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Denver
- 1966: Recording: Tomorrow Never Knows
- 1965: UK EP release: Beatles For Sale
- 1965: Filming: Help!
- 1964: Filming: A Hard Day’s Night
- 1963: Live: Pavilion Gardens Ballroom, Buxton
- 1962: Live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
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