The Beatles gave their 61st lunchtime performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club on this day.
The group’s lunchtime shows in the Cavern typically lasted from 12-2pm. Overall this was their 94th 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...
- 2017: Paul McCartney live: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
- 2010: Paul McCartney appears on Saturday Night Live
- 2009: Rubber Soul to be released as Rock Band download next week
- 2001: Paul McCartney live: Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Oslo Spektrum, Oslo
- 1993: Paul McCartney live: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires
- 1991: George Harrison live: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 1989: Paul McCartney live: Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 1974: George Harrison live: Providence Civic Center, Providence
- 1970: Album release: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- 1969: George Harrison live: Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
- 1969: World première of The Magic Christian in London
- 1968: John Lennon appears in The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus
- 1965: The Beatles live: Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London
- 1963: The Beatles live: Futurist Theatre, Scarborough
- 1962: The Beatles live: La Scala Ballroom, Runcorn
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