The Silver Beetles live: Town Hall, Alloa, Scotland
The Silver Beetles’ seven-date tour of Scotland, backing singer Johnny Gentle, began on this day with a performance at the Town Hall in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
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The Silver Beetles live: Iron Door Club, Liverpool
This was The Silver Beetles’ only known performance at the Iron Door Club on Temple Street, Liverpool. It was a lunchtime show featuring The Silver Beetles and Cass and …
The Silver Beetles live: Lathom Hall, Liverpool
For one night only, the group performed as The Silver Beats, for their first proper show for Liverpool promoter Brian Kelly.
The Silver Beetles live: Blue Angel, Liverpool – audition for Larry Parnes
London-based music promoter Larry Parnes travelled to Liverpool to audition groups to back Billy Fury on a tour of northern England and Scotland. The audition took place at the …
The Nerk Twins live: Fox And Hounds, Caversham
This was the second and final appearance by The Nerk Twins, alter egos of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, playing at the pub run by McCartney’s cousin Bett Robbins.
The Nerk Twins live: Fox And Hounds, Caversham
This date saw the first of two dates by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performing as the Nerk Twins at the Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen’s Saturday night residency at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club came to an end on this evening. In time-honoured musical tradition, it was because of an argument about …
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
This was the Quarrymen’s penultimate Saturday night show at the popular Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only club situated in the basement of a large house in Liverpool’s Hayman’s Green.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
This was the Quarrymen’s fifth performance at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only venue in Liverpool’s Hayman’s Green.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
This was The Quarrymen’s fourth consecutive Saturday performance at Mona Best’s members-only Casbah Coffee Club.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen performed at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club on seven consecutive Saturdays between August and October 1959. This was their third engagement at the venue.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
Following their success performance on the opening night of the Casbah Club, the Quarrymen were booked for a Saturday night residency by the owner, Mona Best.
The Quarrymen live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
29 August 1959 was the opening night of the Casbah Coffee Club, a new social club for teenagers, based in the cellar of a large Victorian house at 8 …
The Quarrymen live: Woolton Village Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen performed at this venue on just one occasion. As with their 1 January performance at Wilson Hall, it was a late Christmas party.
The Quarrymen live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the last known performance by the Quarrymen at Wilson Hall. Unlike the previous three, it wasn’t promoted by Charlie ‘Mac’ McBain, and there were no Teddy boys …
The Quarrymen live: wedding reception, Speke, Liverpool
Although The Quarrymen had few formal engagements between March 1958 and the end of the year, they did perform often at parties and family events.
The Quarrymen live: TV Star Search, Hippodrome, Manchester
Following their audition for Carroll Levis’ TV Star Search in October 1958, Johnny and the Moondogs were invited back to Manchester’s Ardwick Hippodrome for to appear in the stage …
The Quarrymen live: TV Star Search audition, Hippodrome, Manchester
Although the Quarrymen had entered the competition the previous year without success, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison travelled to Manchester for another preliminary audition for the ABC …
The Quarrymen live: Morgue Skiffle Cellar, Liverpool
The Morgue Skiffle Cellar was an illegal club held in the basement of a large Victorian house at 25 Oakhill Park in the Broadgreen area of Liverpool.
The Quarrymen play at Paul McCartney’s cousin’s wedding reception
The first colour photograph of The Quarrymen was taken at the Liverpool wedding reception of Paul McCartney’s cousin Ian Harris and his bride Jackie. The photographer was Mike McCartney.