Beatles' Cavern club debut marked by 50th anniversary celebrations
Rebuilt Liverpool basement venue marks half century since first sparsely-attended gig in 1961When they first took to the stage at the Cavern club on 9 February 1961 – 50 years ago today – they were a ragtag bunch of skinny Scousers looking for laughs. But that first gig in the Liverpool venue was at the start of an extraordinary journey that would see the band become, as John Lennon once put it, "more popular than Jesus".Fans are planning to gather at the basement club to mark the half centu...
Guardian Music — Rebuilt Liverpool basement venue marks half century since first sparsely-attended gig in 1961When they first took to the stage at the Cavern club on 9 February 1961 – 5... more info