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It has about 40 live bands performing every week; both tribute and original bands, although most perform their own material. The back room of the Cavern is the most frequently used location for touring acts and ticketed events, in more recent times playing host to The Wanted, Adele and Jessie J. The Cavern is also used as a tour warm-up venue ...
Pages in category "The Beatles tribute bands" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
They were renamed the Mersey Beats in February 1962 by Bob Wooler, MC at the Cavern Club. In April 1962, they became the Merseybeats. By now Crane and Kinsley had joined up with guitarist Aaron Williams and drummer John Banks. [1] Pete Best was offered a position in the group by Brian Epstein after being dismissed from the Beatles, but turned ...
The Cavern's "Rhythm & Blues Marathon": the Beatles, the Hollies, the Merseybeats, the Fourmost, the Swinging Blue Jeans and Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes. [49] 12 April 1963 The Cavern's Good Friday session, headed by the Beatles and featuring seven other local bands, among them the Road Runners, Faron's Flamingos and the Dennisons. [49]
The band were regulars at the historical Cavern club, and as a group, The Hideaways now hold the official world record for over 400 Cavern performances in both old and new venues. [2] Journalist Alan Walsh, of Melody Maker magazine, stated in 1966 they were "one of the better known Liverpool groups" that made the club famous. [3]
The Beatles have inspired a number of tribute acts and theatrical productions; among them are the American Beatles tribute band Rain (originally Reign), which evolved into the stage production Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles; [2] [3] the Cirque du Soleil stage production Love, which utilizes music from an accompanying 2006 remix album of the ...
Two rare photographs of The Beatles playing at the Cavern Club in Liverpool have been discovered. The images were captured in July 1961, over a year before the band released their debut single ...
Frederick James "Bob" Wooler (19 January 1926 – 8 February 2002) was compère and DJ at The Cavern Club, Liverpool from 1961 until 1967. An important figure in the Merseybeat scene, Wooler was instrumental in introducing The Beatles to their manager, Brian Epstein.