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LIVERPOOL BEATLE WEEK
Tuesday 1
September 1998
The Beatles Story
The Cavern Pub
The Cavern Club
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THE
BEATLES STORY is
situated in Albert Docks. Opened in May 1990 by Mike and
Bernadette Byrne. It is literally what it says: The story of The
Beatles. Their childhood days, the break-through, Beatlesmania,
the break-up and their individual careers. This is done by way of
a series of set pieces such as the office of Mersey Beat newspaper, Hamburg's
Reeperbahn, The Cavern, NEMS music-store,
the Yellow Submarine, a Lennon "White Room" etc. |
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The Beatles Story |
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The Cavern Pub
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CAVERN PUB is situated on Mathew Street,
just on the opposite side of THE CAVERN CLUB...
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Authentic Beatles instruments
at The Cavern Pub |
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Mathew Street is the
place of THE CAVERN CLUB. The
Beatles played here 274 times, the debut on lunchtime 21 February
1961. The final performance took place on the evening of Saturday
3 August 1963. Together with other top local groups like Gerry
& The Pacemakers, The Searchers ,The Fourmost and
The Swinging
Blue Jeans, they made The Cavern the most famous rock and roll
venue of its day.
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The Cavern Club |
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The original band - and stage
The Cavern today - a legendary stage!
The original Cavern was closed down 27 May 1973. The fruit warehouses
above The Cavern was then demolished and The Cavern was filled in. In
late 1981 the site was excavated. The Cavern was intact! However the
foundations of The Cavern was deemed to be unsafe. In 1982 the original
Cavern was knocked down. The original bricks were saved, treated and
utilised in re-building of The Cavern on its original site to its
original dimensions. In 1984 The Cavern re-opened on its original site.
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NEIL
INNES from the
original RUTLES ended the Liverpool Beatle Week with The
Bootleg Rutles. Their performance: "The Rutles at Cavern
Club where it all ended!" But now me and Ulla had become so tired, hot and
sweaty, that we left The Cavern for the fresh
Liverpool air outside and made some shopping.
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Neil Innes |
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All photos and text
by Bengt Wärmlind
This was the last
event of an unforgettable week. It will remembered as
A
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF A LIFETIME!
Finally, a big thank you
from our heroes...
End
of the 1998 Beatles Tour
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