The Beatles gave their 58th lunchtime performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club on this day. This was also the 13th occasion on which they performed both lunchtime and evening shows at the venue.
The group’s lunchtime shows typically lasted from 12-2pm. This was their 87th known appearance overall at the soon-to-be-famous cellar venue on Mathew Street in Liverpool’s city centre.
Although the precise number of The Beatles’ Cavern performances is not known, they played at least 155 lunchtime and 125 evening shows between 9 February 1961 and 3 August 1963.
Last updated: 24 January 2024
Also on this day...
- 2016: George Harrison’s What Is Life gets new video
- 2012: Paul McCartney live: Rexall Place, Edmonton
- 2005: Paul McCartney live: Staples Center, Los Angeles
- 2001: George Harrison dies
- 1989: Paul McCartney live: Forum, Inglewood
- 1979: Wings live: Apollo, Manchester
- 1968: UK album release: Two Virgins by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- 1967: Editing: Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
- 1966: Recording, mixing: Strawberry Fields Forever
- 1965: Radio: Saturday Club
- 1964: John Lennon appears on Not Only… But Also
- 1963: The Beatles live: ABC Cinema, Huddersfield
- 1963: UK single release: I Want To Hold Your Hand
- 1962: The Beatles live: Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1960: Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested in Hamburg
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