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The Beatles live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

Saturday 24 December 1960

This Christmas Eve show at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey was booked by The Beatles’ manager Allan Williams on […]

Saturday 15 October 1960

15 October 1960 was the first occasion on which John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded music

Tuesday 16 August 1960

The second major phase in The Beatles’ story was about to begin. On 16 August 1960 they embarked on the

Thursday 7 July 1960

The Beatles had performed regularly on Thursday nights at the Neston Institute since 2 June 1960. This was their sixth

Thursday 30 June 1960

This was The Beatles’ penultimate show at the Neston Institute, and their last in the month of June 1960. They

Thursday 23 June 1960

During June and July 1960, The Beatles had regular engagements at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Wallasey on Saturday nights, and

Thursday 16 June 1960

This was The Beatles’ third consecutive Thursday night show at the Neston Institute, a venue run by promoter Les Dodd.

Monday 13 June 1960

Although he had walked out of the group before their 11 June concert at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Wallasey, drummer

Thursday 9 June 1960

This was The Beatles’ second of six Thursday night shows at this venue in the Merseyside town of Neston.

Thursday 2 June 1960

The Beatles played six consecutive Thursday night shows from this date at The Institute, a venue based on Hinderton Road

Monday 30 May 1960

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