A Day in the Life Blog

The Beatles at ABC Cinema, Abingdon Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire

The Beatles at Granada Cinema in Mansfield

The Beatles spent the tour's one-day break today at a number of local locations with photographer Dezo Hoffmann, with both stills and 8mm mute color home-movie footage resulting. They later repeated this exercise in Weston-super-Mare.

Empire Theatre, Liverpool

A celebrated return to the Beatles hometown, their first Liverpool performance in more than a month.

The Beatles playing at City Hall, Northumberland Rd. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland

The Beatles featured at the Gaumont Cinema, Doncaster

While the Lads worked hard without much fanfare "Please Please Me" The Beatles First LP was released in Great Britain with the following tracks.

1. I Saw Her Standing There 2. Misery 3. Anna (Go To Him) 4. Chains 5. Boys 6. Ask Me Why 7. Please Please Me 8. Love Me Do 9. P.S. I Love You 10. Baby It's You 11. Do You Want To Know A Secret 12. A Taste Of Honey 13. There's A Place 14. Twist And Shout

Studio One, BBC Piccadilly Studios, Piccadilly, London

Between 1:00 and 2:00 pm, following a 10:00 am rehearsal, the Beatles recorded a BBC Radio session for "On the Scene", broadcast in the Light Programme from 5:00 to 5:29 pm on Thursday, March 28th. They performed three songs, "Misery", Please Please Me", and "Do you want to know a secret", working for the very first time in Picadilly in central London.

After the session, the group drove south, to Croydon, to continue the Roe/Montez tour.

ABC Cinema, South St. Romford, Essex

Regal Cinema, St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Regal Cinema, St. Aldate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire