The Beatles gave their 120th lunchtime performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club on this day.
The group’s lunchtime shows typically lasted from 12-2pm. This was their 206th 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 January 2024
Also on this day...
- 2010: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Pend Oreille Pavilion, Airway Heights
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: State Theatre, Easton
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston
- 1969: Recording, mixing: You Never Give Me Your Money, Come Together, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, The End
- 1968: Recording, mixing: Hey Jude
- 1965: Rehearsals for the North America tour
- 1964: Travel: Stockholm to London
- 1963: Recording: Money, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, It Won’t Be Long, All My Loving
- 1963: Radio: Non Stop Pop, Saturday Club
- 1963: Recording: Please Mister Postman, It Won’t Be Long
- 1962: The Beatles live: St John’s Hall, Bootle
- 1961: The Beatles live: Blair Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Silver Beetles live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
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