The Latest Breaking News from Quarrymen

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best retires aged 83

Pete Best, who was the first drummer for The Beatles before Sir Ringo Starr, has hung up his sticks after decades as a musician.

BANG Premier · Apr 8, 2025

Paul McCartney review – extraordinarily sublime and humblingly beautiful

Stretching an almost three-hour set from the Quarrymen through to the ‘final Beatles single’ this is like an arena-sized Last Night at the Proms, with Beatlemania

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2024

Liverpool venue that hosted some of the Beatles’ earliest gigs turned into Airbnb

Fans can stay at the Casbah Coffee Club where the Quarrymen, the precursor band to the Beatles, had a residency

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

The Beatles’ “first left-handed bassist”, Chas Newby, dies aged 81

The bass player and former math teacher was subbed into the Liverpool legend’s early lineup in December 1960 and played one of the most formative shows of the era

Guitar World · May 24, 2023

Chas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81

The British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher

The Guardian - US · May 23, 2023

The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies aged 81 as tributes paid

Chas Newby- who played with the band in their early days- died on Tuesday morning

Daily Record · May 23, 2023

The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies as tributes pour in for The Quarrymen musician

The Beatles' former bass player Chas Newby, who played with the band in their early days, is thought to have died early on Tuesday morning and social media has been flooded with tributes to the musician

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2023

Home where music legend John Lennon practiced with The Beatles bandmate as teenager sells to fan at auction

The home, a stop-off point on the Beatles tour, was reportedly bought by UK-based superfan

Manchester Evening News · Sep 27, 2022

Home where John Lennon practiced with Beatles bandmate Sir Paul McCartney as a teenager sells at auction

The modest three-bed home played a major role in his musical development and has been sold at auction

Wales Online · Sep 27, 2022

Forgotten Beatles tapes recorded at lost Liverpool studio

Recordings thought to have been lost to ages have been unearthed

Liverpool Echo · Sep 8, 2022