Regular readers of this blog will know that one of my all-time favourite Beatles’ books is The Beatles’ London, A Guide to 467 Beatle Sites by Piet Schreuders, Mark Lewisohn and Adam Smith. It has inspired me and similar minded friends to walk (on feet) something like forty miles around the streets of the capital photographing Beatles’ locations and prompted me to start There Are Places I Remember – The Beatles’ Liverpool Locations as I made clear in my very first blog way back in 2009.   From day one, I’ve loved researching new places with a proven Beatles’ connection and photo ..read more

The release date of the 'final Beatles' song', Now and Then, an unfinished demo recorded by John Lennon in 1979 and worked on by the remaining Beatles during the Anthology project in 1995, and again over the last couple of years was announced today.  The track will be released on a number of single vinyl formats, a cassette, and as the final song on reworked versions of the classic red and blue 'best of' compilations The Beatles 1962-66 and The Beatles 1967-70. Predictably the news has sent Beatles fan pages and social media groups into overdrive, with fans sharing some very mixed opinion ..read more

23 May, 2023 I am greatly saddened to report that Charles ‘Chas’ Newby has passed away at the age of 81. When the Beatles returned from Hamburg in December 1960, Stuart Sutcliffe decided to stay in Germany. With gigs booked and missing a bass guitarist, drummer Pete Best suggested his friend Chas Newby fill in. Chas had been a member of Pete’s group the Black Jacks , and was now at college however, he was on holiday, and so he agreed to play with the Beatles. Chas first enters the Beatles’ story in 1959 when, as a guitarist in a group called the Barmen, he performed at the Pillar Club in ..read more

Liverpool Beatles Museum Mathew Street Liverpool Thursday 27 April 2023  Some of the invited guests waiting for today's big reveal at the Liverpool Beatles Museum This morning I attended the latest reveal at the Liverpool Beatles Museum, on Mathew Street owned by Pete and Roag Best.  The Saville Theatre (now Odeon) opened on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, in 1931.  In 1965, Brian Epstein, a former drama student, leased the theatre and began promoting plays and Sunday night concerts by such acts as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Chuck Berry, and The Who.  The Beatl ..read more

Day 2 - Part 2 Chiswick House and Gardens, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, W4 Despite some strong competition from St Pancras Old Church and the area around Soho, our penultimate location on this trip was quite possibly the best location of the entire weekend. The Beatles came here on 20 May 1966 with director Michael Lindsay-Hogg to film promotional films for both sides of their new 'Paperback Writer' / 'Rain' single.  They had spent the previous day being filmed at EMI studios by Lindsay-Hogg - with whom they would later  make both the ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ promo clips in 196 ..read more

A recap: On Saturday 8 October 2022, I went down to London with my fellow Beatles historian Steve Bradley to attend Evolver 62, Mark Lewisohn’s one-man show at the Bloomsbury Theatre.  The show didn’t start until 7.30pm so we agreed in advance that it would be too late to travel home afterwards and decided to make a weekend of it. Armed with The Beatles London, the indispensable guide to the 467 Beatles’ sites in the capital, Steve drew up an itinerary and we decided to try and visit as many as we could.  Of course, we didn't get anywhere near the magic 467, but we manage ..read more

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25 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool L24 When Beatles' historian Steve Bradley invited me and a few friends over for breakfast at the former home of George Harrison on Sunday morning, the opportunity to photograph the house from top to bottom was too good to miss. To amuse ourselves we also tried to recreate every known photograph of George at the house. I remembered to bring some props, Steve remembered the buns, but did anyone remember the matches and candles? 25 Upton Green, the Harrison's family home from January 1950 until August 1962.  The hallway leading to the ..read more

A recap: On Saturday 8 October 2022, I travelled down to ‘That London’[1] with my fellow Beatles historian Steve Bradley [2] to attend Evolver 62, Mark Lewisohn’s one-man show at the Bloomsbury Theatre.  The show didn’t start until 7.30pm so we agreed in advance that it would be too late to travel home afterwards and decided to make a weekend of it. Armed with The Beatles London[3], the indispensable guide to the 467 Beatles’ sites in the capital, Steve drew up an itinerary and we decided to try and visit as many as we could.  Of course, we didn't get anywhere near the magic 46 ..read more

A recap: On Saturday 8 October 2022, I travelled down to ‘That London’ [1] with my fellow Beatles historian Steve Bradley [2] to attend Evolver 62, Mark Lewisohn’s one-man show at the Bloomsbury Theatre.  The show didn’t start until 7.30pm so we agreed in advance that it would be too late to travel home afterwards and decided to make a weekend of it. Armed with The Beatles London [3], the indispensable guide to the 467 Beatles’ sites in the capital, Steve drew up an itinerary and we decided to try and visit as many as we could.  Of course, we didn't get anywhere near the magic ..read more