- First date:
- Jan 05, 1961
- Last date:
- Dec 30, 1961
- Number of concerts:
- 257
- Number of countries:
- 1
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From BBC News, October 3, 2022:
Rare photos of The Beatles performing in their early days at Liverpool’s Cavern Club have been discovered. The images were taken in 1961, a year before their debut single Love Me Do was released. The photos show Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon singing, with George Harrison on guitar and a partly-obscured original drummer Pete Best.
Historian Mark Lewisohn described them as “whippet-thin under-nourished lads” following their tour to Germany. The band, who were then aged between 18 and 20, had recently returned from performing in Hamburg, where they had been “slogging 500 stage hours in 90 days“, he said. “So slender has this marathon made them, it’s as if their heads and bodies are stranger. A look emphasised by the unusual clothes – leather trousers and cotton tops. No other photos show them dressed this way.“
Mr Lewisohn, who has written a number of books about the band, said the photos showed The Beatles playing to a lunchtime or evening audience in July 1961. “Three months from here, John and Paul went to Paris and returned with what became known as ‘The Beatle haircut’. Days later, Brian Epstein saw The Beatles in the Cavern, offered to become their manager and set them on a course that changed our world.“
Last updated on October 16, 2022
257 concerts • 1 country
United Kingdom • New Brighton • Tower Ballroom
Dec 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Dec 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Cavern Club • Night
Dec 13, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Dec 03, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Nov 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Nov 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Nov 12, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Nov 11, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Oct 31, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Oct 29, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Oct 28, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Knotty Ash Village Hall
Oct 27, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Oct 22, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Oct 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • David Lewis Club
Oct 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Sep 28, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Sep 24, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Sep 23, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Knotty Ash Village Hall
Sep 22, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Sep 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Sep 16, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Sep 14, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Sep 10, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Sep 09, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Sep 08, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Sep 03, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Sep 02, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Aug 31, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Aug 27, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Aug 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Aug 24, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Aug 20, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Aug 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Aug 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Aug 13, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Aug 12, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Aug 07, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Aug 06, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Aug 03, 1961
United Kingdom • Walton • Blair Hall
Jul 30, 1961
United Kingdom • Walton • Blair Hall
Jul 29, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Jul 28, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Jul 24, 1961
United Kingdom • Walton • Blair Hall
Jul 23, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Holyoake Hall
Jul 22, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Jul 20, 1961
United Kingdom • Walton • Blair Hall
Jul 16, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Holyoake Hall
Jul 15, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Jul 13, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Mar 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Mar 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Mossway Hall
Mar 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Liverpool Jazz Society
Mar 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Cavern Club
Mar 16, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Cassanova Club
Mar 07, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Mar 05, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Mar 04, 1961
United Kingdom • Bootle • St John's Hall
Mar 03, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Mar 02, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Mar 01, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Feb 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Feb 25, 1961
United Kingdom • Wallasey • Grosvenor Ballroom
Feb 24, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Feb 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Feb 18, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • St John's Hall
Feb 17, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Feb 12, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Feb 11, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Feb 10, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall
Feb 06, 1961
United Kingdom • Walton • Blair Hall
Feb 05, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall
Feb 04, 1961
United Kingdom • Bootle • St John's Hall
Feb 03, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Feb 02, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Feb 01, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall
Jan 30, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Jan 29, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Jan 28, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Jan 27, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Jan 26, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Hambleton Hall
Jan 25, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Jan 21, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall
Jan 20, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Alexandra Hall
Jan 19, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Jan 18, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • The Casbah Coffee Club
Jan 15, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Jan 14, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Aintree Institute
Jan 13, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Lathom Hall • Evening
Jan 07, 1961
United Kingdom • Bootle • St John's Hall
Jan 06, 1961
United Kingdom • Liverpool • Litherland Town Hall
Jan 05, 1961
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