Casino Ballroom, Lord St. Leigh, Lancashire
In the Beatles absence, George Martin and his team produced the mono and stereo masters of the "Please please me" album, mixing and banding the 14 tracks in 10:00am to 1:00pm AND 2:30PM to 5:45pm sessions in Studio One at EMI. The group were in a van on their way to Leigh for a NEMS Enterprises dance booking.
Granada Cinema, West Gate, Mansfield, Notts
Part II of the Helen Shapiro package tour. Before going on stage for the first of the two "houses", the Beatles crowded into Helen's dressing room and watched their latest appearance on "Thank your lucky stars", taped the previous Sunday. Being the headliner, Shapiro had the only TV set among the artists. :)
The Beatles at the Oasis Club in Manchester
Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead
Once again there were two separate "House", the Beatles appearing at 7:30 and 11:30 pm.
Playhouse Theatre, London and Swimming Baths, St. James St. Doncaster, Yorkshire
The Beatles were not present at Abbey Road for a 10:30 AM to 1:00 pm overdub session in Studio One, which saw George Martin add piano to "Misery" and celeste and piano to "Baby It's You". (The latter piano piece was never used). Instead, after concluding their Tuesday-night engagement in Liverpool they drove down to London through the night in order to appear on the live lunchtime radio show, "Parade of the Pops", broadcast by the BBC Light Program direct from the Playhouse Theatre. The group performed 2 songs, "Love me do" and "Please please me".
After the show, the Beatles quickly returned 160 miles north to fulfil their evening date in Doncaster.
Cavern Club - Liverpool
The Beatles first Cavern Club performance in more than a fortnight. The queue for admission formed two days beforehand. Also on the bill were Lee Curtis and the All-Stars. This was the last time that any of the Beatles set eyes on Pete Best in person.
Another NEMS Enterprises showcase, with 2 separate "houses" at the Queen's Hall, Widnes. Both were sell-outs.
Teddington Studio Center on Broom Rd. In Teddington, Middlesex
The Beatles 2nd appearance on ABC Television's "Thank your lucky stars", one of the most influential TV programs in Britain (before Top of the Pops) taped this time at the company's Teddington Studio Center southwest of London. Rehearsal was at 11:00 am and recorded the program later in the afternoon, miming to one song, "Please please me". It was transmitted across most of the U.K. on Saturday, February 23rd, between 5:50 and 6:30 pm. They now had risen to 3rd placing on the 7-act bill, the star of this particular edition, Billy Fury, for whom the amateur Silver Beetles had auditioned on May 10, 1960.
A brief extract from this performance was repeated in the March 2nd Sunday edition on ABC At Large.
The Beatles at the Carfax Assembly Rooms, on Cornmarket St. in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
A one nighter at this city center venue and the Beatle's first booking with John Smith, one of the top London promoters.
The Beatles at the Ritz Ballroom, King's Heath, Birmingham. This engagement which was postponed from January 11. The situation was ideal for the Ritz promoters who presented a group now featuring in the top 3 of the singles chart at the same cost as when they were an unknown act.