LIVERPOOL BEATLE WEEK 25 Aug 2002

Coach tour of rare Wirral Beatle sites.
Mathew Street Festival.
Fab Faux plays 'The White Album' at Royal Court.
VIP Party at The Adelphi.


HULME HALL, Bolton Road, Port Sunlight Village. The historic venue for the real 'Birth Of The Beatles'. Here on Saturday 18 August 1962 Ringo Starr made his very first appearance as The Beatles' drummer.

The Beatles played at HULME HALL four times in 1962: Saturday 7 July, Saturday 18 August (Ringo's debut), Saturday 6 October and Saturday 27 October. Attendance capacity was 450, but 500 paying costumers was squeezed in on Beatle nights.

VICTORIA HALL, Village Road, Bebington, Wirral. The Beatles made just one appearance here on Saturday 4 August 1962. An unusual venue. So few groups had played here that, initially, not even Brian Epstein knew how to find the hall.


18 Trinity Road, Hoylake - Cynthia's home

18 Trinity Road, Hoylake. This was the Powell family's modest home where CYNTHIA POWELL was living when she and John Lennon met at the Liverpool College of Art and embarked on a passionate teenage love affair. Here Cynthia also eagerly awaited the arrival of John's love-letters from Hamburg, descibed by him as "The sexiest this side of Henry Miller. Forty pages long some of them!"

THISTLE CAFÉ - MACDONA HALL, Banks Road/Salisbury Avenue, West Kirby.
This was the first real booking The Beatles' new manager Brian Epstein arranged for them. The date was Thursday 1 February 1962 and Brian, in true showman style, had advertised it as the 'Grand Opening of The Beatle Club'. In fact, this was the only time they played here and nothing more was heard of The Beatle Club! The gig took place in the hall used as a dance studio above the restaurant, which in those days, was occupied by the Thistle Café.


'Rembrandt'

'REMBRANDT'. Baskerville Road, Heswell. This is the house which Paul McCartney bought for his father Jim for £8,750 when he returned from America after The Beatles' triumphant tour of America in 1964. Compared with their small terraced house in Forthlin Road, this five bedroomed detached house was truly palatial. Jim McCartney later moved to a bungalow nearby and died in March 1976. 'Rembrandt' was bought from his father by Paul and is still owned by him. Now and then Paul makes a secret visit here.

HESWELL JAZZ CLUB. Barnston Women's Institute. Barnston Road, Heswell.
The Beatles was booked by the Heswell Jazz Club to play three dates in this village hall in 1962. On the first, Saturday 24 March, they wore their new stage suits for the first time. The grey suits were specially made by master tailor Beno Dorn in Birkenhead. The Beatles played here again on Saturday 30 June and Tuesday 25 September 1962.

Yes, here I'm standing on the Beatle Stage on Paul's place! Imagine all the screeming girls down there in 1962!

MAXIMUM WHO. What a powerful band! This was muscles! And all the fans - jumping and singing along - LOUD!!! Great to have been there!


	BLACK OLIVES. Lots of Beatle music off course. But this time they were also playing some songs from their new original album 'How About' with self-penned songs.

Not so much of the Mathew Street Festival for us this year. Have to load our batteries before this week's Main Event. A little nap and some good Chinese food. So now we're ready for...

CHANTAL. This group, filled with excellent muscians, gave another fine concert. So nice to see the joy of the flute girl to the right and all the other members of the group.

HAL BRUCE. Another wonderful concert from this excellent Canadian. Highlight again being the powerful performance of 'A Day In The Life'.

And now the moment we've all been waiting for:
'The White Album' with the world's best Tribute Band - THE FAB FAUX!!!


Jack, Will and Jimmy - 'HELTER SKELTER'!!!

FOR MANY MORE BEAUTIFUL FAB FAUX PHOTOS:
Click on 'Fab Faux In Liverpool' in the Top Meny Bar!

'Fab' Rich Pagano & Jack Petruzzelli
(and me in the middle looking foolish - Sorry!)

Everyone wanted to congratulate The Fab Faux after their successful concert.

THE BOOTLEG BEATLES from UK has been entertaing Beatle fans for 23 years! They are probably the best known Beatle Tribute Band in the world. This night we were privileged to see their excellent show supported by horn-players and others.

LIVERPOOL made a great concert as always. Then suddenly a reprise of last year's top success: Bill Heckle, boss of Cavern City Tours, started the broom-dance together with compere Neil B shouting 'Come Together'. Stop the compering Neil B, and start a rock band!


Lars	Tony

ROCKS OFF, you're always so wonderful on stage, giving one another smiles and support when someone has done something extra. At 4.20 a.m. we spotted the Adelphi Hotel Manager just near the stage. A real Rolling Stones fan we thought! The explanation came at 4.33 a.m. when he pulled the plug out! Silence and end of concert! (The same thing happened last year!)

What a wonderful day - up early and late in bed! (Hopefully you now understand why we covered the Mathew Street Festival so poorly!) GOODNIGHT!