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The Latest Breaking News from Merseybeat

The Searchers bring their musical quest to an end after 68 years

Exclusive: Merseybeat act, contemporaries of the Beatles, will play final show at Glastonbury this year after farewell tour

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025

“Chuck Berry’s manager said, ‘Nobody’s allowed to play any Chuck Berry songs.’ We started Roll Over Beethoven – he ran onstage and tried to stop us”: The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock

From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms

Guitar World · May 28, 2024

Haydn Gwynne was an inquisitive actor, charismatic company – and great fun

From Nice Work to singing Sondheim, this brilliant performer always brought a powerful intelligence to her roles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

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‘John Lennon was violent. He’d fight about anything’: the inside story of Merseybeat, the UK’s early pop explosion

Early 1960s Liverpudlian pop may have been dominated by the Beatles, but it was a thriving scene whose acts filled the charts. Its artists explain why wild success gave way to heartbreaking failure

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

'Music seems far more important in Liverpool - we get it'

“Eurovision is a chance to exhibit what is happening [within the music scene] here all of the time”

Liverpool Echo · May 7, 2023

Former cinema and school kitchen that had the 'spirit of the sixties'

It boasted a bright and vibrant history

Liverpool Echo · Apr 4, 2023

Memories of the 'little-known' Beatles' first appearance in Nottingham

We speak to the man who bought the first ticket

Nottingham Post · Mar 5, 2023

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