The year Liverpool was celebrating being awarded the European Capital of Culture, a new sculpture of The Beatles was vandalised after a perceived insult to the city.
Back in 2008, as Liverpool was showcasing the best of itself to the world, comments made by ex-Beatle drummer Ringo Starr on the Jonathan Ross chat show were said to have caused "outrage" to people in Liverpool. Following the TV appearance, one saboteur took things into their own hands and gave the newly placed topiary sculpture of the famous mop-top an extreme short-back-and-sides.
The controversial comments happened on the BBC One show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in January 2008. When the host asked him what he missed most about Liverpool, Ringo answered: "er, no...".
