Queen's Theatre, Blackpool
There were so many fans outside the Queen's, blocking all entrances front and back, the Beatles had to go through a builder's yard, up and across scaffolding, and across to the roof of the theatre, from which they were lowered into the wings through a trap in the roof.
...Night Cavern Club, Liverpool
After close to 300 Beatles appearances at the Cavern Club, spanning two and a half years, this was the last! The venue had played perhaps the vital role in preparing them for "The Big Time" and now that time had come. Bob Wooler, the Cavern Club compere, remembers Brian...
Grafton Rooms, Liverpool
The Beatles returned to Merseyside after a 7-week absence to play for the last time at Grafton.
...Playhouse Theatre, Manchester
Two more sessions for Pop Go The Beatles - editions 11 and 12 - broadcast in the BBC radio Light Programme on Tuesdays, August 27th and September 3rd between 5:00 and 5:29 pm. (The Beatles guests were Cyril Davie's Rhythm & Blues All-Stars featuring Long John Baldry, a...
The Beatles at the Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
Another riotous appearance in Nelson
...Studio Two, EMI Studios, London and Playhouse Theatre, London and Studio Two, EMI Studios London
The Beatles spent the morning and evening at EMI recording more material for their second LP, either side of an afternoon's work at the BBC.
The morning session began at 10:00 and saw the group first t...
The Beatles took a break today, it seems.
...The Beatles - ABC Cinema, Great Yarmouth
...Odeon Cinema, The Centre, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
Visiting from London, Dezo Hoffmann spent one of these six days with the Beatles, taking photographs and color (mute) 8mm home movies of the group at their hotel and on location on the beach at nearby Brean Down, where they dressed in Victorian ...
The Beatles - Queen's Theatre, Bank Hey St. Blackpool, Lancashire
...Ritz Ballroom, Promenade, Rhyl, Flintshire
Two sold-out nights by the Beatles in North Wales, a year after their Rhyl/Wales debut in the ballroom above Burton's tailor shop. The group returned to Liverpool immediately after the 2nd of the Saturday "Houses".
...Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Originally booked for 6:00 to 10:00 pm, the Beatles recorded in EMI studio Two from 7:00 to 10:45, beginning sessions for their 2nd album with the taping of four songs, all cover versions - "You really got a hold on me" (11 takes), "Money (That's what I want) (seven)...
Playhouse Theatre, London
Yet another BBC radio recording, this time for the Sunday morning pop show East Beat, transmitted in the Light Programme on July 21st between 10:31 and 11:30 am.
The program was taped between 8:45 and 9:45 pm before it's usual teenage audience. The Beatles performed four ...
BBC Paris Studio, London
The Beatles taped three editions of their Light Programme radio series "Pop Go the Beatles", in this one day.
Working at the Paris Studio, they rehearsed and recorded Program 8 between 3:00 and 5:30 pm, Program 9 between 6:00 and 8:30 pm, Program 10 between 8:45 and 10:30,...
The Beatles took off today.......
...The Beatles at ABC Theatre, Blackpool
...The Beatles at the Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent all week
...The Beatles at the Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent all week
...The Beatles at the Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent all week
...Studio Two, Aeolian Hall, London
Six consecutive nights in Margate, two "houses" each, for which the Beatles repertoire comprised "Roll over Beethoven", "Thank You Girl", "Chains", "Please Please me", "A taste of honey", "I saw her standing there", "Baby, It's you", "From me to you", and "Twist and...
The Beatles all week performing at the Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent
...The Beatles - Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent
...ABC Theatre, Church St. Blackpool, Lancashire
The following four Beatles engagements at this venue over the next two months.
...(Victory) Memorial Hall, Northwich
Prior to this performance, all four Beatles attended and brought chaos to the annual Northwich Carnival at Verdin Park, Northwich. Paul even crowned the new carnival queen. All good PR.
...Plaza Ballroom, Old Hill
The Beatles' second appearance at this venue, and a long-arranged date which Brian Epstein would have preferred to cancel but would not renege upon.
Also on the bill was local combo Denny and the Diplomats, led by Denny Laine, future member of the Moody Blues and, eventual...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Mono mixing by George Martin of "She Loves You" and "I'll get you," 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The Beatles were probably absent, although they were certainly in London in the evening, popping along to the Scene Club in Soho for a second view of the RollingStones in live pe...
Playhouse Theatre, Manchester
This BBC radio session, for the Light Programme's "The Beat Show", was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, scene of the Beatles' first session for "Here we go in 1962". In fact, "The Beat Show" featured much the same content as "Here we go," the BBC Northe...
Studio Five, Maida Vale Studios, London
The four week trial of "Pop go the Beatles" had been a success, and the BBC booked another run, a further 11 programs, making 15 in total. These additional shows ran after only a two-week absence and featured a new host, Rodney Burke, replacing Lee Peters. Th...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Compose in Newcastle-upon-Tyne the previous Wednesday, "She Loves You" - which was to become the Beatle's first million-selling single, yielding the "Yeah, yeah Yeah" catchphrase so loved by the media was recording during a 345-minute session the day at EMI, as was i...
ABC Cinema, Regent Rd. Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk
The first date in a ten-week run of engagements at seaside resorts. On this night, the Beatle's repertoire comprised "Some other guy", "Thank you, Girl", "Do you want to know a secret", "Misery", "A taste of honey", "I saw her standing there", "Love me do...
