Their contract to play at the Star Club in November 1962 is coming up for auction with an estimate of £30,000. At the time, ...

The original contract for The Beatles to perform at one of their Hamburg residencies is expected ... in the band’s first stint at the Star-Club from April 13 to May 31 1962 after previous ...

Harrison was the one to find Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles. Hamburg was a messy place ... a wooden stage at the Kaiserkeller music club to test how strong it was.

With a storied history as a live band before their first single, The Beatles had played with several classic guitars before 'Love Me 'Do stormed the charts.

It was near this area that the Beatles played as a newly-formed band. But it is also a lively residential district, with a strong sense of individual character. Hamburg is a city which takes its ...

By the time they started recording music, The Beatles were very famous in Liverpool and Hamburg, having become big hits in the respective cities' clubs. Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, ...

In Eras: The Beatles, Martin Freeman tells the story ... In the space of just eight years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented ...