The Beatles played their 56th lunchtime performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club on this date.
The group’s lunchtime shows in the Cavern typically lasted from 12-2pm. Overall this was their 83rd appearance at the Mathew Street cellar club, including their late-night shows.
Although the precise number of their Cavern performances is not known, The Beatles played at least 155 lunchtime and 125 evening shows at the Mathew Street venue between 9 February 1961 and 3 August 1963.
Last updated: 24 January 2024
Also on this day...
- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
- 2010: Paul McCartney live: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
- 1995: Album release: Anthology 1
- 1974: George Harrison live: Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa
- 1968: George Harrison performs on Badge by Cream
- 1968: Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
- 1963: The Beatles live: ABC Cinema, Carlisle
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Merseyside Civil Service Club, Liverpool
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
- 1960: George Harrison is deported from Germany
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