Author: Joe

The Beatles’ only appearance at Birmingham’s Ritz Ballroom should have taken place on 11 January 1963. However, it was postponed due to blizzards making the roads impassable.

The Beatles performed at a special Valentine’s Day dance at the Locarno Ballroom in Liverpool.

The day after The Beatles recorded 10 of the songs that would appear on their debut album Please Please Me, they were back on the road with a performance …

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith On this day The Beatles recorded 10 songs that would appear on their debut album Please Please …

The Beatles’ tour with Helen Shapiro received some newspaper publicity following an incident on this night in which the group, Kenny Lynch and Shapiro were barred from the Carlisle …

The Beatles’ UK tour with Helen Shapiro continued into Wakefield, Yorkshire, with a performance at the city’s ABC Cinema.

The Beatles’ tour with Helen Shapiro had begun on 2 February 1963, but the group gave two standalone performances at the Cavern Club between that date and 5 February, …

This was The Beatles’ final lunchtime show at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. Although they played subsequent shows at the venue, they were all evening performances.

On this day The Beatles embarked on the first date of their debut UK tour, at the Gaumont Cinema in Bradford, Yorkshire.

The Beatles performed two evening shows on this day. The first had been eight miles away, at Maney Hall in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

Following a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, The Beatles played two shows at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead.

The Beatles’ 275th known Cavern Club performance took place on this day. It was the last of six shows at the venue in January 1963

This was The Beatles’ first live show in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The venue was situated on Westgate Road.

This was the second time The Beatles performed at this club at 64 Fountain Street, Manchester; the first was in November 1961.