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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Charlotte McLaughlin

The Searchers to play final show at Glastonbury after touring for 68 years

The Searchers, from left John McNally, Chris Curtis and Mike Pender, with Tony Jackson wearing a Santa Claus mask (PA) - (PA Archive)

Liverpool pop group The Searchers will end almost 70 years of touring with a final show at the Glastonbury Festival in June.

The Merseybeats band, formed by Mike Pender and John McNally in 1957, have been playing with line-up changes continuously for 68 years since they became established as contemporaries of The Beatles.

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