Previously unseen photographs of musicians from Liverpool’s 1960s Merseybeat era will go on display this month at the Musuem of Liverpool. Beyond the Beat (29 June to 3 November) explores the music scene in Liverpool’s bustling nightclubs in the period immediately after The Beatles. The display will showcase some of the bands ... Read More...
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Gerry Marsden - Tribute to a Liverpool Legend Jamie Bowman pays tribute to the much-loved Merseybeat star who sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 78. IT WAS ONE OF THE CRUEL IRONIES of Gerry Marsden’s death that it happened when football stadiums across the country stood empty of ... Read More...
Members of the public will get the chance to have their Beatles and Mersey Beat memorabilia appraised for free later this month. Experts from Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles will be on hand to offer their expertise at a special ‘Memorabilia Day’ taking place at The Beatles Story. Members of the public ... Read More...
A new photographic exhibition capturing the rise to fame of Gerry and the Pacemakers will go on display in Liverpool this summer. The Museum of Liverpool will display 30 images of the Merseybeat group by local photographers Graham Spencer and Peter Kaye. Launching on 14 July until 7 January 2018, the exhibition ... Read More...
A three-day celebration of the city region will begin today (4 August) as the Liverpool Loves festival gets underway. The award-winning waterfront event is expected to be bigger than last year’s inaugural festivities as the packed programme follows themes of business, culture, food and wellbeing. A Liverpool Loves Business day of seminars ... Read More...
Merseybeat singer Gerry Marsden will be showing his support at this weekend’s Run For The 96, organisers have announced. Gerry, who recorded a cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ with his band Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963 and achieved a Number 1 hit, will take the stage at the second ... Read More...
The childhood home of Ringo Starr will go under the hammer today (24 March) at the Cavern Club. The two-bedroom Victorian terrace in Toxteth was the former Beatle’s home until he was 21 and received regular visits from the Fab Four and other famous faces from the Merseybeat scene, including Cilla ... Read More...