The Beatles live: Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead

This was the sixth of The Beatles’ 17 concert appearances at the Majestic Ballrom in Birkenhead.

Since Pete Best had been sacked by The Beatles the day before, they were temporarily without a drummer. Standing in on this day was Johnny Hutchinson from The Big Three, who also played at their second show of the night, at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey.

The Majestic Ballroom was owned by Top Rank, Britain’s largest entertainment organisation at the time, which ran ballrooms, cinemas, theatres and bingo halls around the country. The Beatles played at 12 of the company’s 28 ballrooms.

Their other performances at the venue took place on 28 June; 5, 12, 19 and 28 July; 24 August; 8 and 22 September; 15 October; 22 and 29 November; and 15 December 1962; and 17 and 31 January; 21 February; and 10 April 1963.